Legal Opinion
Joseph W. Darlak v. Columbus-America Discovery Group, Incorporated Thomas G. Thompson, and Trustees of Columbia University
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1995No. 94-1874PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Joseph W. Darlak appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc., and its president, Thomas G. Thompson. We affirm.
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On February 26, 1984, a crew of oceanographers from Columbia University set out from Norfolk, Virginia, aboard the research vessel ROBERT D. CONRAD to conduct a sonar survey of an area of the ocean floor thought to be the final resting place of the S.S. CENTRAL AMERICA, a treasure-laden passenger ship that had sunk in a hurricane in 1857. Darlak, though not an oceanographer, was also aboard the…
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