Legal Opinion
Murphy v. American Barge Line Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1950No. 161PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSH, District Judge.
The libel before this court on the respondent’s exceptions claims damages for a seaman allegedly because of the negligence of the respondent and the unseaworthiness of the vessel upon which libellant was employed.
The respondent has excepted to the libel and asks for its dismissal upon the grounds that the libellant has elected the civil remedy under the Jones Act.
The libellant here filed a civil action at No-. 6693 in this court on September 4, 1947, setting forth the same cause of action as is asserted in the libel now before this court. The case was tried to a jury and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McCarthy v. American Eastern CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Balado v. Lykes Bros. S.S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Murphy v. American Barge Line Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
3Cited by7 opinions
- 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
- Evelyn McAfoos and William Neff v. The Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., and the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Vance W. Williams v. Tide Water Associated Oil Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Edward D. Pratt, Jr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- McAfoos v. The Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1956
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