Legal Opinion
Floyd, Maria E., Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Floyd, James H., Deceased v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 1988No. 87-1596PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether the captain of a merchant ship violated applicable maritime law when he buried at sea a seaman who died of a heart attack on the return trip of the vessel eight days from its next port-of-call. After seaman James Floyd died, the captain conducted a burial-at-sea ritual. Maria Floyd, the seaman's daughter, for herself, as executrix of her father’s estate, and for the next-of-kin, sued the vessel’s owner for improperly disposing of her father’s body. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Lykes…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. And Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., in No. 93-1736 Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased, in No. 93-1737 v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Windsor Mount Joy Mutual Insurance v. GiragosianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Acadia Insurance v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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