Legal Opinion
Veronica Cox, Administratrix of the Estate of William D. Cox, in No. 74-1609 v. Dravo Corporation, in No. 74-1576
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 29, 1975No. 74-1576, 74-1609PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
We are asked in these appeals to reconsider the rule peculiar to this circuit, announced in Neff v. Dravo Corp., 407 F.2d 228 (3d Cir. 1969), and followed in Ward v. Union Barge Line Corp., 443 F.2d 565 (3d Cir. 1971). In those decisions we held that a seaman is entitled to maintenance and cure not only up to the time treatment for his illness or injury has achieved maximum recovery possible, but extended thereafter, when the seaman has become totally and permanently disabled, so long as medical care is necessary to arrest further progress of the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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