Legal Opinion
Miller v. The Sultana
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 3, 1949No. 279, Docket 21342PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This is a libel in Admiralty to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by libellant, a prospective employee of the ship, in falling through an open hatch when he tripped over an unidentified object in a passageway beside the hatch.
The case was tried to the jury pursuant to the Great Lakes Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 770 (1946): 28 U.S.C.A. § 1873 (1948), and decree entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $50,400, reduced by the jury from $56,000 by 10% for libellant’s contributory negligence.
Special findings were made by the jury at the Court’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Guerrini v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Anderson v. LorentzenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Vanderlinden v. LorentzenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Fodera v. Booth American Shipping CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- The SaratogaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Roger Johnson v. A/s Ivarans RederiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Booker Clemons v. Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, Ltd. And Baba-Daiko Shosen, K. K.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Farrell Lines, Inc. v. DevlinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Adamowski v. Gulf Oil CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
- T. H. Browning Steamship Company, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. F. H. Peavey & Company (A Corporation)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
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