Legal Opinion
Moran v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 10, 1951No. Civ. A. 2147, 2436, 2457, 2460, 2842PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Chief Judge.
These five actions, one for personal injury, one for property damage and three for wrongful death, arise out of the sinking of the fishing vessel Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer ón April 6, 1945, as a result of an explosion which occurred as her fishing nets were being hauled alongside. The explosion was allegedly the detonation of an aerial bomb which became entangled in the vessel’s nets in navigable waters about ten miles south-southeast of South East Light, Block Island. On information and belief plaintiffs allege that the bomb was deposited in the water by military…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. SpelarSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Maryland Ex Rel. Burkhardt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- In Re Agwi Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
3Cited by19 opinions
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- James E. McCormick and Carol Ann McCormick Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Blumenthal v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1960
- Iafrate v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
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