Legal Opinion
Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 13, 1967No. 63 Ad. 432, 64 Ad. 330PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
An intoxicated seaman opened several floodgate valves of the floating drydock on which his ship, the 210 foot U. S. Coast Guard vessel Tamaroa, was being overhauled. Within the hour, the dry-dock sank and the ship fell over on its side. Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. seeks $750,000 from the United States for the resulting damage to its drydock and the United States seeks twice that sum from Bushey as compensation for damage to the vessel. For the reasons indicated below, the United States is liable.
I. FACTS
Pursuant to contract, the Tamaroa sailed into one of…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Fred B. Black, Jr. v. Sheraton Corporation of America Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Clifford Gowdy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Kuehn v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1979
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