Legal Opinion
Meyers v. Pittsburgh S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1948No. 10511PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The problem presented by this appeal is whether, under the circumstances involved, the owner of a ship in dry-dock for reconditioning and repair is under any obligation to an employee of a dry-dock company to avoid the creation of a hazardous condition on the dry-dock by reason of water discharged from the ship onto the dry-dock in freezing weather. The action was one at law begun by the appellant in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, whence it was removed to the District Court upon the ground of diversity of citizenship. From an instructed verdict for…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- States S. S. Co. v. Rothschild International Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- William Berryhill v. Pacific Far East Line, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Louise Lee v. Pure Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Helen Anderson and William M. Anderson v. Hudspeth Pine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Wunderlich v. Netherlands Insurance Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1954
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