Legal Opinion
Ouzts v. A. P. Ward & Son, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided December 21, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 699PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DE VANE, Chief Judge.
In this case plaintiff seeks in count one to recover damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for injuries sustained by him because of alleged negligence of the defendant and in the second count to recover maintenance and cure for these injuries for the time plaintiff was incapacitated.
Plaintiff claims that he received a serious back injury resulting from lifting a heavy battery, which was located in an inaccessible place aboard the tug ■“Philip”; that the defendant failed to furnish proper help and assistance to perform this work and was thereby negligent in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Vileski v. Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Zernie Newman, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- Smith v. Union Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1966
- Lawrence v. Norfolk Dredging Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1961