King v. Dickinson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying the “wards of the court” doctrine to a contract in which a seaman released his rights
• shipowner is required to provide legal advice regard- ing the seaman’s rights before seaman may sign a release of those rights
• “Applicable law requires that we scrutinize the validity of a seaman’s release under principles of admiralty law analogous to the duty owed by a fiduciary to a beneficiary . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).