Legal Opinion
Saratoga Fishing Co. v. J. M. Martinac & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 2, 1997No. 95-1764PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The issue before us concerns limits upon the damages that a tort plaintiff in admiralty can recover for physical damage to property caused by a defective product. In East River *877S. S. Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc., 476 U. S. 858 (1986), the Court held that an admiralty tort plaintiff cannot recover for the physical damage the defective product causes to the “product itself”; but the plaintiff can recover for physical damage the product causes to “other property.” In this case all agree that the “product itself” consists at least of a ship as built and outfitted by its original…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Seely v. White Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- A.J. Decoster Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
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