Legal Opinion
James E. Rivers v. Union Carbide Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 30, 1970No. 17423PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of James E. Rivers, appellee, and against Union Carbide Corporation, 1 appellant, in the amount of $6,000. The action was instituted in admiralty under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for damages resulting from a fall by Mr. Rivers, allegedly caused by the negligence of Union Carbide, and the unseaworthiness of its vessel, the SS R. E. Wilson. The jury returned a verdict in the form of answers to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- William J. Gass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Joseph E. Thomas v. Ruth A. Martin HoganCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Masterson v. Pennsylvania R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Theodore A. Harris, Father and Next Friend of Patrick Harris, a Minor v. Richard D. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Blair H. Raycraft v. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Hoffman v. Sterling Drug, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Pratt v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Arthur Meister and Dorothy Meister v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Lynn Richard Norton v. Gail Colyer, Sheriff of Greene County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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