Legal Opinion
Tollefsen v. Phillips
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 12, 1954No. Civ. A. No. 53-398PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
In this case brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, the plaintiff includes in his demand for damages a claim for loss of earnings. In his deposition taken by the defendant he indicated a hazy recollection as to his past earnings, and denied, possession of any records which would serve to refresh that recollection. The defendant has moved under Rule 34, 28 U.S.C.A., for permission to inspect a copy of the plaintiff’s state and federal income tax returns for the years immediately preceding his injury. Because of the circumstances already mentioned I am satisfied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reeves v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1948
- Connecticut Importing Co. v. Continental Distilling Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1940
- Leave v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- United States v. DickeySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
3Cited by23 opinions
- United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
- Crest Catering Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- State ex rel. Boswell v. CurtisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
- Schriock v. SchriockNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1964
- Kingsley v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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