Legal Opinion
Mascuilli v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 1972No. 203 of 1959PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ASSESSING DAMAGES
DITTER, District Judge.
Albert Mascuilli, a longshoreman, was killed while working aboard the USNS Marine Fiddler in the port of Philadelphia on May 1, 1959. Shortly thereafter, Helen Mascuilli, his wife and administratrix, brought the present action to recover damages that resulted from his death. After three adjudications by this court, three by the Court of Appeals, and one by the Supreme Court, 1 the matter is now before this court to have those damages assessed.
When a husband and father is killed by a negligent act, two separate rights of recovery are…
2Cases cited22 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
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Gaydos v. DomabylSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Solomon v. WarrenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Arthur H. Barbe, Admr. v. David N. Drummond, David N. DrummondCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Law v. Sea Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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