Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Blidberg Rothchild Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 12, 1958PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BICKS, District Judge.
On August 29, 1956, Clarence R. McLaughlin, a seaman aboard the S.S. “Northport”, a vessel owned, controlled and managed by defendant-respondent Blidberg Rothehild Company, a Delaware corporation, sustained severe injuries which resulted in his death. He left him surviving a wife and infant child..
Based on this unfortunate occurrence the survivors instituted a civil action and a suit in admiralty. This simple set of operative facts has been fragmentized into seven “causes of action”. The first “cause of action” in the complaint is for wrongful death under the Jones Act…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Skiriotes v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Montgomery v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Middlleton v. United Aircraft CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Jeanne Doyle, Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Nathaniel Doyle, Libelant-Appellee v. Albatross Tanker Corp. And Overseas Navigation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Noel v. United Aircraft Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1962
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