Legal Opinion
Union Carbide Corp. v. Goett
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1960No. 7588PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge.
The Supreme Court has remanded this ■case, Goett v. Union Carbide Corp., 361 U.S. 340, 80 S.Ct. 357, 359, 4 L.Ed.2d 341, so that this court may determine three questions, stated by the Supreme Court as follows:
“(a) Whether the West Virginia Wrongful Death Act, as to this maritime tort, employs the West Virginia or the general maritime law concept of negligence; and, in the light of its determination, (b) whether the district judge’s finding as to negligence is correct under the proper substantive law. To facilitate our discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’…
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