CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. NEWMAN

No. 12880.

243 F.2d 804 (1957)

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Zernie NEWMAN, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell V. Bleecker, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.

J. Harold Traverse, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee, Victor M. Todia, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALBERT LEE STEPHENS and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT LEE STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Zernie Newman, brought this action against appellant, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, under the Jones Act,1 for injuries sustained in the course of his employment as third mate aboard appellant's Carferry Pere Marquette 21, on December 22, 1954. The ship was docked at Ludington, Michigan, awaiting cargo and sailing orders. Many of the officers...

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