Legal Opinion
George E. Street v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 30, 1963No. 62, Docket 27556PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant, Isthmian Lines, Inc., from a judgment for plaintiff after a trial before a jury. The action was brought by a merchant seaman engineering officer to recover damages for the loss of the sight of his left eye as the result of an injury sustained while aboard the S.S. Andrew Jackson, a vessel owned by the Waterman Steamship Company and bareboat chartered, operated and controlled by defendant.
Suit was predicated on the unseaworthiness of the vessel and on defendant’s negligence under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688). Plaintiff employed by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by9 opinions
- William Neil Hampton v. Magnolia Towing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Salvatore Rapisardi v. United Fruit Company, and Third-Party v. Sam Barbara Co., Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Abdo Tehr Hussein v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ferguson v. Erie Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Skibinski v. Waterman Steamship Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
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