Legal Opinion
Cookingham v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 1950No. 10142_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The basic question which this case raises is whether the failure of the shipowner to provide a safe place to work affords to an injured seaman an independent ground for the recovery of damages without proof of negligence or unseaworthiness. It appears that the libellant, a cook on the Rufus W. Peclcham, slipped on a substance, apparently Jello, while going down a stairway leading to the chill box to get food for the crew. For injuries to his knee thus sustained he brought this suit. There was. no evidence as to when or how the substance got on the step. The district court…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Cookingham v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
3Cited by56 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crawford v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lucibello v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Catherine Poignant, Libellant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Berti v. Compagnie De Navigation Cyprien Fabre (American Stevedores, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Daniel J. Donovan v. Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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