Legal Opinion
Helen Stein Gaudet, Administratrix of the Estate of Awtrey C. Gaudet, Sr. v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1972No. 71-3517PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The Albatross inherent in the vagaries and vicissitudes of right and remedy under differing state wrongful death statutes has been lifted from the Mariner’s neck. Moragne v. State Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 26 L.Ed.2d 339 (1970). Though the reckoning of the Supreme Court predicts this course will steer the Mariner into “more placid waters,” Moragne at 408, 90 S.Ct. at 1792, they are waters which remain uncharted. Today we map at least part of them.
Helen Guadet filed a complaint against Sea-Land Services, Inc. to recover damages for the wrongful death…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Glynn J. Pelotto v. L & N Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Elaine Jones v. GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Joseph A. D'AmbrA v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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