Legal Opinion
Adrian Guerrero v. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1955No. 14364_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
Adrian Guerrero was injured on a ship while serving as a seaman employed by American-Hawaiian' Steamship Company. He brought suit in the United States District Court under § 33 of the Merchant Seamen’s Act of June 5, 1920, amending § 20 of the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1915, 1 for compensatory damages against his employer. The defendant answered by admitting the employment and an injury, but denied the extent of the injury and denied that it was the cause of the injury. Defendant alleged affirmatively that plaintiff caused his own injury and that he had executed a valid…
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- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc. v. RedmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Whitaker v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Toebelman v. Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
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- Rita E. Shaw v. Edward Hines Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Robert N. Cameron and Jack Crawford v. Vancouver Plywood CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Bachtel v. Mammoth Bulk Carriers, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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