1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 106 F.Supp.
  5. 106 F.Supp. 729 (1952)
 

DAVIS v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

106 F.Supp. 729 (1952)

DAVIS v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, Limited, et al. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, Limited, v. UNITED STATES (two cases). MATTISON v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, Limited, et al.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

April 11, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladstein, Andersen, Resner & Sawyer, George R. Andersen, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Treadwell & Laughlin, Edward F. Treadwell, Reginald S. Laughlin, San Francisco, Cal. (Charles M. Haid, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for American President Lines and others.

Chauncey Tramutolo, U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson and C. E. Lundin, Jr., Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for the United States

GOODMAN, District Judge.

At their inception these actions were suits under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, by two seamen, Davis and Mattison to recover maintenance and damages from the American President Lines for injuries suffered when the gangway of the S.S. General W. H. Gordon slipped off a wharf at Guam and dropped Davis and Mattison onto a camel between the wharf and ship side. American President Lines filed third-party complaints against the United States...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases