Charleston Shipyards, Inc. v. Lawson’s Empirical Analysis
227 F.2d 110 · 1955
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently December 1975
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. · Del Vecchio v. Bowers · Southern Stevedoring Co. v. Henderson · Hampton Roads Stevedoring Corp. v. O'Hearne · 121 Ind. App. 313 - Blackfoot Coal & Land Corp. v. Cooper
Most-quoted passages
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““That on the 11th day of October, 1961, Pascal Farina, Jr. hereinafter called the decedent, was in the employ of the employer above named, at New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, in the Seventh Compensation District established under the provisions of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act; that the liability of the employer for compensation under the said Act was insured by itself as a self-insurer; “That on the said day the decedent herein, while performing service for the employer upon the navigable waters of the United States, sustained personal injury resulting in his death, while he was employed as a longshoreman aboard the S/S ‘Brandanger’, which was then afloat in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana; “That the decedent’s occupational classification was that of a longshoreman; that primarily he drove a tractor on the wharf and at various times he, along with a number of co-workers, was assigned from his duties on the wharf, to assist in various work on vessels, such as rigging up and attaching hooks on guide lines to hatch covers; “That in the year 1955 the decedent was examined by a physician and was found to be suffering from asthma, shortness of breath, and some evidence of bronchitis, and also chronic sinusitis; that from 1955 he was seen by his attending physician approximately once per month for such conditions and medication was furnished to him; that such conditions did not prevent him from performing the usual du”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘It has been recognized that trauma does play a part in the development of malignant lesions, and this is particularly true of malignant melanomas. Almost all cases of melanoma will give a history of some form of injury or chronic irritation to a preexisting lesion. The direct effect is difficult to prove except by inference.’ ” (p. 112.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In fact, when there is medical opinion that the death is not related to the injury, the circumstances may outweigh the physician's express opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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