Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Dravo Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 8, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 65-015PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MARSH, District Judge.
The plaintiff, William Andrews, a seaman, brought this civil action against Dravo Corporation, his former employer, under the Jones Act and general maritime law to recover damages for aggravation of a serious vascular disease and premature total and permanent disability, allegedly resulting from the defendant’s breach of obligation to properly care for plaintiff despite its knowledge of his disease and two shipboard injuries aggravating it, and from defendant’s breach of obligation to furnish him with maintenance and cure. One injury was sustained in May…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Berry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Corden E. Yates v. Rodney H. Dann, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Towing and Lighterage CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- William Andrews v. Dravo CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Eberle Tanning Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1972