Legal Opinion
Smith v. Seitter
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided January 3, 1964No. 282PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARKINS, District Judge.
SUMMARY
The libel in this admiralty case combines three actions within the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for damages, maintenance, and cure. The cause came on to be heard at a Special Term at Beaufort, North Carolina, commencing July 29, 1968, before this Court sitting without a jury.
The libel is based upon a personal injury sustained by a seaman on the shrimp trawler, SHELLFISH, owned by Respondent Seitter. The accident occurred on October 27, 1862 while the SHELLFISH was trawling off the coast of South Carolina, near MeClellanville. Proctors for the litigants have…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- June T. Inc. v. Arnold Ray KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tomas Aguirre, Jr., Apolinar Compean, and Wilhelm Seafoods, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Gore v. Maritime Overseas CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Perez v. Los Fresnos State BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Gulf Coast Trawlers, Inc. v. Resolute InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1965
- Sams v. HainesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1969
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