CLAUSSEN v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 9647.

136 F.Supp. 110 (1955)

Jens CLAUSSEN, Plaintiff, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner and John J. Laver, New York City, Louis A. Fine, Honesdale, Pa., Frank Reich, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Foley & Martin, New York City, Russell G. Connolly, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


WILLSON, District Judge.

In this jury case under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, at the close of all the evidence, defendant Gulf Oil Corporation's motion for a directed verdict in its favor was granted. In the Order for Judgment it was indicated that the reason the motion was granted was that there was no employer-employee relationship shown between plaintiff Jens Claussen and Gulf Oil Corporation.

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