Legal Opinion
In re Smith-Rice No. 4
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 15, 1968No. Nos. 29525, 29526PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
WOLLENBERG, District Judge.
This is a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability brought pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 183 et seq. While several employees of petitioner Smith-Rice Company were working on a 30-ton Colby crane, said crane collapsed backwards causing their deaths, giving rise to various claims against petitioners, which are now made the subject of this petition. The petition alleges petitioners to be without fault, and in the event that they are found liable, they ask that their liability be limited to the value of…
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