Legal Opinion
Sidney E. Huddleston, Sr. v. Ohio River Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 2, 1964No. 14527_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
This litigation began in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania as a civil action for maritime personal injury, coupling a Jones Act damage claim with a claim for maintenance and cure. The plaintiff complained that he had suffered a shipboard injury while working as a mate on the defendant’s vessel. One of the defenses-asserted in the answer was that the identical controversy had been the subject of an action between the same parties in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, and that, after the parties had settled the claim for $17,500, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Griffith v. Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Jarrard v. Southeastern Shipbuilding CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- Wilmer L. Lyle v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
3Cited by3 opinions
- Casey v. Palmer Johnson Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1981
- Ray Spears v. Ohio River CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Edward H. Bradshaw v. Island Creek Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968