Legal Opinion
Sadler v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1947No. 5544PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for wrongful death. There was verdict and judgment for defendant and plaintiff has appealed. The decedent, William Carroll Sadler, was a cook on a barge of the defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Company and was drowned in the night time while the barge was tied up at the dock alongside another barge of the same defendant. Negligence was alleged in the mooring, lighting and equipment of the barges and in the efforts made to rescue the decedent. During the course of the trial the court struck out the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- Kirincich v. Standard Dredging Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- Johnson v. Griffiths S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Tompkins v. Pilots Ass'n for Bay and River DelawareDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- The Gw GlennDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1933
3Cited by24 opinions
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- Admiral Towing Company, a Corporation and Walter B. Martinson v. Theo Woolen and Dorothy E. ConeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Frank v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- McDonough v. Buckeye S. S. Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1951
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