Legal Opinion
Keough v. Cefalo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 1953PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
This action is in two counts, one for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a fisherman, aboard a vessel at sea, and the second for" expenses for cure and maintenance. Recovery is sought on the first count under the Jones act, U. S. C. (1946 ed.) Title 46, § 688, and general maritime law; and on the second count for cure and maintenance under general maritime law.
The action is here upon exceptions of the plaintiff to the allowance of a motion for a directed verdict for the defendants on each count, and to the exclusion of evidence offered by the plaintiff.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Edward Connolly v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
- Morris v. Massachusetts Maritime AcademyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Militello v. Ann & Grace, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Close v. Calmar Steamship Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- Caddy v. Texaco, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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