Legal Opinion
Landy v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1951No. 155 of 1947PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
This libel in personam was brought against the United States pursuant to tibe Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 742. Libelant is the administrator of the estate of a deceased seaman. He is seeking to assert a cause of action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688,1 alleging that his decedent’s death was caused 'by respondent’s negligence in: (1) failing to provide a safe means of ingress to the vessel; and (2) failing to provide the decedent with prompt and adequate medical care and attention.
The cause having been submitted to the court on the basis of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Potter Title & Trust Co. v. Ohio Barge Line, Inc. Appeal of Ohio Barge Line, Inc. Appeal of Potter Title & Trust CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Willis v. Pan American Refining Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1939
- O'NEILL v. Cunard White Star LimitedDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- Cruse v. Sabine Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
3Cited by5 opinions
- William Harvey Porter v. American Export Lines, Inc. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Atlass v. AtlassCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Muth v. AtlassCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Madsen v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1960
- Samuel H. Landy, Administrator of the Estate of Alvin R. Verbaecke, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952