1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 603 F.2d
  5. 603 F.2d 676 (1979)
 

MATTHEWS v. ERNST RUSS S. S. CO.

No. 78-2547.

603 F.2d 676 (1979)

John MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNST RUSS STEAMSHIP COMPANY and M/V TILLY RUSS, etc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Keig, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Ernest T. Rossiello, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 18, 1979.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit was brought by a longshoreman seeking $450,000 for an injury he incurred in unloading cargo from defendant Motor Vessel TILLY RUSS owned by co-defendant Ernst Russ Steamship Company. According to the complaint, on December 4, 1976, plaintiff was working aboard the TILLY RUSS when it was moored at Navy Pier in Chicago. He alleged that when he was descending...

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