Legal Opinion
Calhoun v. Yamaha Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 2, 1994No. 93-1736, 93-1737UnknownCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated interlocutory cross appeals before us pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1993) present an interesting and important question of maritime law: whether state wrongful death and survival statutes are displaced by a federal maritime rule of decision concerning the remedies available for the death of a recreational boater occurring within state territorial waters,1 which are explicitly excluded from the reach of the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 (1975). The remedies at issue are loss of society, loss of support and…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- 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
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