SMITH

v.

STEELE ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Martin v. John W. Stone OIL Distrib., Inc., 819 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1987)
  …uld tend to support that position. A review of opinions dealing with unexplained drowning of seamen will be helpful in deciding the basic question before us. In Swain v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co., 244 F. 2d 821 (3d Cir.1957), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 933, 78 S.Ct. 414, 2 L.Ed.2d 415 (1958), a seaman was last seen boarding a docked vessel. The cook had reported to the captain that the seaman was argumentative and intoxicated. The captain had a meal with the seaman and observed that he was slightly in…
• LeFEVERE v. United States, 362 F.2d 352 (5th Cir. 1966)
  …e-Fevere, the owner of a motor vehicle is liable for its negligent operation by another to whom the owner gave actual or implied permission to use it. We are told by LeFevere, citing MacCurdy v. United States, 5th Cir. 1957, 246 F. 2d 67, cert. den. 355 U.S. 933, 78 S.Ct. 415, 2 L.Ed.2d 416, and other cases, that under the Florida law an employer-employee relationship arises between the owner and operator of a motor vehicle by implication. We have a grave doubt that the Florida courts would impose liability…
• Yates v. United States, 365 F.2d 663 (4th Cir. 1966)
  …, for security and traffic reasons, neither of these two roles was of sufficient supervisory character to negate our conclusion that Air Mod was an independent contractor. Dushon v. U. S., 17 Alaska 245, 243 F. 2d 451-453 (9th Cir. 1957), cert. den. 355 U.S. 933, 78 S.Ct. 415, 2 L.Ed.2d 416 (1958) ; Strangi v. United States, 211 F. 2d 305, 307-308 (5th Cir. 1954); E. I. Du Pont [*667] De Nemours v. Griffith, 50 Del. 348, 130 A. 2d 783 (1957). Generally, a landowner is not liable for injuries suffered by se…

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