Legal Opinion
Chute v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 26, 1979No. Nos. 79-1098, 79-1099PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs’ decedents were passengers on a sports fishing boat which sank after striking the remains of a vessel scuttled in 1949 by the United States Navy for use as a bombing target and thereafter abandoned. Holding that the accident and ensuing fatalities were caused by the United States’ failure adequately to mark (or else to re*9move) the sunken hazard, the district court awarded damages.1 The United States has appealed.
The accident happened in the following manner. On September 30,1971, plaintiffs’ decedents accompanied their friend, Dr. Baxter, in his…
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- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Tug Ocean Prince, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Michael B. Gercey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Honour Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Eklof Marine Corp. And Eklof Transportation Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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