Legal Opinion
Sincere Navigation Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1976No. 72-2254PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case presents several questions concerning damages for wrongful deaths occurring in state territorial waters.
The freighter Helena collided with the United States Coast Guard vessel White Alder at about 6:30 p.m. on December 7, 1968, on the Mississippi River near Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Seventeen of the crewmen of the White Alder were killed, and the lives of three were miraculously spared. Two days after the collision, Sincere Navigation Corporation (Sincere), the owner of the Helena, filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability. Claims for…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Vilma Tablas Cruz v. Hendy International Co., and Mutual Life Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Sincere Navigation Corporation, as Owner of the S/s Helena, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability and the Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. Sincere Navigation Corporation and the Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. v. United States of America, Virginia O'quinn, Individually and as Administratrix of the Succession of Walton E. O'Quinn and Natural Tutrix of the Minor, Cathleen Caprice O'quinn, Cross-Appellant v. The Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd., Cross-Appellees. United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. S/s Helena, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem and Sincere Navigation Corporation, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Arla Bodden v. American Offshore, Inc., American Operators, Inc., and Zodiac Workboats, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Nutt v. Loomis Hydraulic Testing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Nutt v. Loomis Hydraulic Testing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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