· 6/15/1879
Succession of Dinkgrave
Citations
- 31 La. 703
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that under the Jones Act, “[a] seaman need only prove slight negligence by his employer . . . [and that] the test for causation . . . is not the strict measure of proximate cause but a more lenient measure of legal cause”
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Judges: White
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