Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Albatross Tanker Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 20, 1965No. 65 AD. 193PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TENNEY, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
This is an action in admiralty seeking damages for the alleged wrongful death of a seaman aboard respondents’ vessel, while at sea and more than a marine league from shore. Suit was brought pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act (46 U.S.C. §§ 761-767 (1958)) 1 by libel filed herein on February 23, 1965. The action is predicated upon a claim of unseaworthiness. A civil action (64 Civ. 3269), based upon the alleged wrongful death of the said seaman, was brought by the libelant herein (as plaintiff), with issue joined on November 20, 1964, and is now pending.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Middleton v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1973
- Sennett v. Shell Oil CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Mungin v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972