Legal Opinion
Joe Freitas v. Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company, a Corporation, and Marine Terminals Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1955No. 13902_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant sued for damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by the unseaworthiness of appellee’s Victory ship, the SS Montana. A jury was empaneled to hear the case. Upon the conclusion of appellant’s proof the trial court granted appellee's motion for a dismissal, and judgment was entered thereon. Thus the primary question be fore us is whether there was evidence of unseaworthiness requiring submission of the issue.
At the time of the accident the Montana was being unloaded by an independent stevedoring firm, namely Marine Terminals Corporation. Appellant was one of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lake v. Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Glen Titus v. The Santorini and Sigalas and Kulukundis, ItsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Kenneth J. Phipps v. N v. Nederlandsche Amerikaansche Stoomvart, Maats, a Corporation, Also Known as Holland-America LineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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