Legal Opinion
Nikiforow v. Rittenhouse
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 21, 1967No. Civ. A. 40320PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. LORD, Jr., District Judge., This is ■ a personal injury action brought by a member of the United States Coast Guard for injuries he sustained while attempting to tow defendant’s yacht off of a sandbar. The yacht had run aground in Ludlam Bay, in the New Jersey inland waterway. Plaintiff alleges liability under two theories: negligence and unseaworthiness. The defendant yacht owner has vigorously contended that plaintiff is not within the class of persons protected by the doctrine of unseaworthiness and has asked dismissal of this phase of the case. Both parties…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- James F. Hunt and Carol Hunt v. United States of America. Catherine Strinni Hollar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Klarman v. SantiniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Vann v. WillieCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Newport Air Park, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1968
- Nikiforow v. RittenhouseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
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