Semantic Analysis by spaCy
Grimes Vs. Raymond Concrete Pile Co.
Decided On : Apr-07-1958
Court : US Supreme Court
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Raymond Concrete Pile Co. </b> </p> <p> <b> No. 456 </b> </p> <p> <b> Argued March 10, 1958 </b> </p> <p> <b> Decided April 7, 1958 </b> </p> <p> <b> 356 U.S. 252 </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <p> <em> CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS </em> </p> <p> <em> FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT </em> </p> <p> <em> </em> <em> Syllabus </em> </p> <p> Petitioner sued respondents under the Jones Act for damages for injuries sustained while being transferred at sea from a tug to a "Texas tower" being secured to the ocean bed at its ultimate location as a radar warning station. The District Court indicated that the evidence created a fact question as to whether he was a member of the crew of any vessel, but directed a verdict for respondents on the round that petitioner's exclusive remedy was under the Defense Bases Act. The Court of Appeals held that the Defense Bases Act did not provide the exclusive remedy for a crew member, but it affirmed the District Court's judgment on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to create a fact question as to whether petitioner was a crew member. </p> <p> <em> Held: </em> </p> <p> 1. The remedy under the Jones Act created for a member of the crew of any vessel is saved by 42 U.S.C. § 1654. P. <span> <a href="/case/99467/grimes-vs-raymond-concrete-pile-co#253"> 356 U. S. 253 </a> </span> . </p> <p> 2. Petitioner's evidence presented an evidentiary basis for a jury's finding whether or not petitioner was a member of a crew of any vessel. P. <span> <a href="/case/99467/grimes-vs-raymond-concrete-pile-co#253"> 356 U. S. 253 </a> </span> . </p> <p> 245 F.2d 437 reversed and case remanded. </p> <p> PER CURIAM. </p> <p> The petitioner brought this suit in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He sought damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for injuries suffered while being transferred at sea in a "Navy life ring" from a tug to a Texas tower which the respondents, his employers, were constructing under a contract with the Government on Georges Bank, 110 miles east of Cape Cod. </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="253"> Page 356 U. S. 253 </a> </p> <p> The District Court directed a verdict for the respondents at the close of the petitioner's case. The trial judge indicated his view that the evidence created a fact question on the issue as to whether the petitioner was a crew member, but held that the petitioner's exclusive remedy was under the Defense Bases Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651Ń1654, which incorporates the remedies of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901Ń950. 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When the tower was towed to sea, petitioner with about 25 other workmen lived on the tower and kept it in condition by operating air compressors, generators, and pumps to expedite installation at the permanent site, as well as by performing certain functions to keep it in safe tow. After the tower was anchored at its permanent </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="255"> Page 356 U. S. 255 </a> </p> <p> site, and while the temporary pilings were being driven down, petitioner performed only pile-driving. </p> <p> Six days after the tower had been placed in its permanent position, petitioner and several other workmen were sent to a nearby barge, which was without crew and used solely to transport construction materials, to prepare for transfer of such materials to the tower. They reached the barge by way of a tug, worked there for about six hours, and then started on their return to the tower. While on the Navy life ring which was used to effect his transfer from tug to tower, petitioner was injured when the life ring collided with the pilothouse on the tug. </p> <p> On these facts, I am unable to see how a jury could permissibly find petitioner to be a "member of a crew of any vessel" under any sensible meaning of that phrase. Presumably the Court does not consider as a vessel this man-made island, the Texas Tower, which was securely fixed to the ocean bed before petitioner was injured. I find equally untenable the other possible basis for the Court's action-that petitioner's sporadic work for a few hours on the barge, a minor incident to his continuing employment as a pile driver on the tower, could be found to transform him at the time of the accident into a seaman and a member of the crew of the barge. 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He sought damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for injuries suffered while being transferred at sea in a "Navy life ring" from a tug to a Texas tower which the respondents, his employers, were constructing under a contract with the Government on Georges Bank, 110 miles east of Cape Cod. </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="253"> Page 356 U. S. 253 </a> </p> <p> The District Court directed a verdict for the respondents at the close of the petitioner's case. The trial judge indicated his view that the evidence created a fact question on the issue as to whether the petitioner was a crew member, but held that the petitioner's exclusive remedy was under the Defense Bases Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651Ń1654, which incorporates the remedies of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901Ń950. 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S. 251 </a> </span> , <span> <a href="/case/97054/south-chicago-coal-dock-co-vs-bassett#260"> 309 U. S. 260 </a> </span> , a statement of the facts in this case should suffice to show why I disagree with the Court. </p> <p> Respondent had contracted to install for the United States Government at a site 110 miles seaward of Cape Cod a "Texas Tower" -- a triangular metal platform superimposed some 60 feet above the surface of the sea on supports permanently affixed to the floor of the ocean by three caissons, and utilized to operate a radar warning station. Petitioner, a member of the Pile Drivers Union, had been employed by respondent as a pile driver on the protect. For several weeks, petitioner assisted in the completion of the tower in the Bethlehem East Boston Yards. When the tower was towed to sea, petitioner with about 25 other workmen lived on the tower and kept it in condition by operating air compressors, generators, and pumps to expedite installation at the permanent site, as well as by performing certain functions to keep it in safe tow. After the tower was anchored at its permanent </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="255"> Page 356 U. S. 255 </a> </p> <p> site, and while the temporary pilings were being driven down, petitioner performed only pile-driving. </p> <p> Six days after the tower had been placed in its permanent position, petitioner and several other workmen were sent to a nearby barge, which was without crew and used solely to transport construction materials, to prepare for transfer of such materials to the tower. They reached the barge by way of a tug, worked there for about six hours, and then started on their return to the tower. While on the Navy life ring which was used to effect his transfer from tug to tower, petitioner was injured when the life ring collided with the pilothouse on the tug. </p> <p> On these facts, I am unable to see how a jury could permissibly find petitioner to be a "member of a crew of any vessel" under any sensible meaning of that phrase. Presumably the Court does not consider as a vessel this man-made island, the Texas Tower, which was securely fixed to the ocean bed before petitioner was injured. I find equally untenable the other possible basis for the Court's action-that petitioner's sporadic work for a few hours on the barge, a minor incident to his continuing employment as a pile driver on the tower, could be found to transform him at the time of the accident into a seaman and a member of the crew of the barge. 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He sought damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for injuries suffered while being transferred at sea in a "Navy life ring" from a tug to a Texas tower which the respondents, his employers, were constructing under a contract with the Government on Georges Bank, 110 miles east of Cape Cod. </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="253"> Page 356 U. S. 253 </a> </p> <p> The District Court directed a verdict for the respondents at the close of the petitioner's case. The trial judge indicated his view that the evidence created a fact question on the issue as to whether the petitioner was a crew member, but held that the petitioner's exclusive remedy was under the Defense Bases Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651Ń1654, which incorporates the remedies of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901Ń950. 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When the tower was towed to sea, petitioner with about 25 other workmen lived on the tower and kept it in condition by operating air compressors, generators, and pumps to expedite installation at the permanent site, as well as by performing certain functions to keep it in safe tow. After the tower was anchored at its permanent </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="255"> Page 356 U. S. 255 </a> </p> <p> site, and while the temporary pilings were being driven down, petitioner performed only pile-driving. </p> <p> Six days after the tower had been placed in its permanent position, petitioner and several other workmen were sent to a nearby barge, which was without crew and used solely to transport construction materials, to prepare for transfer of such materials to the tower. They reached the barge by way of a tug, worked there for about six hours, and then started on their return to the tower. While on the Navy life ring which was used to effect his transfer from tug to tower, petitioner was injured when the life ring collided with the pilothouse on the tug. </p> <p> On these facts, I am unable to see how a jury could permissibly find petitioner to be a "member of a crew of any vessel" under any sensible meaning of that phrase. Presumably the Court does not consider as a vessel this man-made island, the Texas Tower, which was securely fixed to the ocean bed before petitioner was injured. I find equally untenable the other possible basis for the Court's action-that petitioner's sporadic work for a few hours on the barge, a minor incident to his continuing employment as a pile driver on the tower, could be found to transform him at the time of the accident into a seaman and a member of the crew of the barge. 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JUSTICE WHITTAKER joins, dissenting. </p> <p> Even stretching the Court's past opinions in this field to their utmost, <em> e.g., Senko v. La Crosse Dredging Corp., </em> <span> <a href="/case/99278/senko-vs-lacrosse-dredging-corp"> 352 U. S. 370 </a> </span> , I cannot agree with today's decision. The Court of Appeals is said to have erred in holding the evidence insufficient to warrant a jury finding that petitioner was a "member of a crew of any vessel," and thus entitled to avail himself of the remedies for seamen provided by the Jones Act. <em> See Swanson v. Marra Bros., Inc., </em> <span> <a href="/case/97951/swanson-vs-marra-brothers-inc"> 328 U. S. 1 </a> </span> . In view of the fact that it has long been settled that a "member of a crew" is one who is "naturally and primarily on board [a vessel] to aid in . . . navigation," <em> South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. Bassett, </em> <span> <a href="/case/97054/south-chicago-coal-dock-co-vs-bassett"> 309 U. S. 251 </a> </span> , <span> <a href="/case/97054/south-chicago-coal-dock-co-vs-bassett#260"> 309 U. S. 260 </a> </span> , a statement of the facts in this case should suffice to show why I disagree with the Court. </p> <p> Respondent had contracted to install for the United States Government at a site 110 miles seaward of Cape Cod a "Texas Tower" -- a triangular metal platform superimposed some 60 feet above the surface of the sea on supports permanently affixed to the floor of the ocean by three caissons, and utilized to operate a radar warning station. Petitioner, a member of the Pile Drivers Union, had been employed by respondent as a pile driver on the protect. For several weeks, petitioner assisted in the completion of the tower in the Bethlehem East Boston Yards. When the tower was towed to sea, petitioner with about 25 other workmen lived on the tower and kept it in condition by operating air compressors, generators, and pumps to expedite installation at the permanent site, as well as by performing certain functions to keep it in safe tow. After the tower was anchored at its permanent </p> <p> <a class="page-number" id="255"> Page 356 U. S. 255 </a> </p> <p> site, and while the temporary pilings were being driven down, petitioner performed only pile-driving. </p> <p> Six days after the tower had been placed in its permanent position, petitioner and several other workmen were sent to a nearby barge, which was without crew and used solely to transport construction materials, to prepare for transfer of such materials to the tower. They reached the barge by way of a tug, worked there for about six hours, and then started on their return to the tower. While on the Navy life ring which was used to effect his transfer from tug to tower, petitioner was injured when the life ring collided with the pilothouse on the tug. </p> <p> On these facts, I am unable to see how a jury could permissibly find petitioner to be a "member of a crew of any vessel" under any sensible meaning of that phrase. Presumably the Court does not consider as a vessel this man-made island, the Texas Tower, which was securely fixed to the ocean bed before petitioner was injured. I find equally untenable the other possible basis for the Court's action-that petitioner's sporadic work for a few hours on the barge, a minor incident to his continuing employment as a pile driver on the tower, could be found to transform him at the time of the accident into a seaman and a member of the crew of the barge. If the "standing" requirements of the Jones Act are still to be regarded as having any real content, I can find no room for debate that this individual is not a seaman, unless a "seaman" is to mean nothing more than a person injured while working at sea. We should give effect to the law as Congress has written it. </p> <p> It should be remembered that Congress has not left this petitioner remediless, but has provided him with redress under the Defense Bases Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1651. <span> <a href="/case/99467/grimes-vs-raymond-concrete-pile-co"> * </a> </span> Indeed, petitioner has already followed that path and collected compensation for his injuries. </p> <p> * I agree with the Court that the Defense Bases Act does not foreclose seamen from having recourse to the Jones Act. </p> <br/> <br/> </div></body></html>', 'observations' => null, 'overruledby' => null, 'prhistory' => null, 'pubs' => null, 'ratiodecidendi' => null, 'respondent' => 'Raymond Concrete Pile Co.', 'sub' => null, 'link' => '/cases/federal/us/356/252/', 'circuit' => null ) ) $args = array( (int) 0 => '99467' ) $pattern = '/\(((0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[.](0[1-9]|1[012])[.](17|18|19|20)[0-9]{2}).*\)/' $shops2 = nullinclude - APP/View/Case/meta.ctp, line 39 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 109
LAW: the Jones Act, the Defense Bases Act, the Defense Bases Act, the Jones Act, the Jones Act, the Defense Bases Act, the Defense Bases Act, the Jones Act, the Jones Act, the Jones Act, the Defense Bases Act, the Jones Act
ORG: Grimes, Raymond Concrete Pile Co. - 356, U.S. Supreme Court, Raymond Concrete Pile Co., Grimes, Raymond Concrete Pile Co., THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS , THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner, The District Court, The Court of Appeals, the District Court's, the District Court, Navy, the Government on Georges Bank, The District Court, §§ 1651Ń1654, Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, The Court of Appeals, the First Circuit, the Court of Appeals, the District Court's, the Court of Appeals, the Court of Appeals, La Crosse Dredging Corp., Texas Co., South Chicago Coal & Dock Co., Bassett, the District Court, Page 356 U. S. 254 , Court, La Crosse Dredging Corp., The Court of Appeals, Marra Bros., South Chicago Coal & Dock Co., Bassett, Court, the United States Government, the Pile Drivers Union, Bethlehem East Boston Yards, Navy, Court, the Texas Tower, Court, Congress, Congress, Court, the Defense Bases Act
DATE: 1958, 1958, March 10, 1958 , April 7, 1958, 1654, 46, 1654, 1654, today, several weeks, Six days, 1651
CARDINAL: 356, 456, 356, 1, 42, 2, 245, 437, 688, 42, 33, 3, one, 245, 437, 355, 42, 350, three, about 25, 42
GPE: U.S., Texas, the District of Massachusetts, Texas, U.S., Gianfala, U.S., MR
QUANTITY: 110 miles, 110 miles, some 60 feet
PERSON: Cape Cod, Senko, WHITTAKER, Senko, Swanson, navigation, Cape Cod
NORP: §
TIME: about six hours, a few hours