Legal Opinion

Magno v. Corros

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1980No. 78-1175PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff’s1 decedent, Richardo Corros, died of injuries received when the motorboat he was operating collided with a sheet steel dike built and maintained by the United States. Plaintiff sued the United States, alleging that the government’s failure properly to light the dike was the cause of the accident. After trial, the district court, 439 F.Supp. 592 (D.S.C.) held the decedent 75 percent at fault for the collision and the United States 25 percent at fault. The government appeals from that judgment on the ground that it was under no duty to provide additional…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
Michael B. Gercey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by21 opinions

Eklof Marine Corp. And Eklof Transportation Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
Williams by and Through Sharpley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1983
Carrie A. McMellon Lori Dawn White Kathy D. Templeton Cheri Call v. United States of America United States Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
Faust v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
Inland Tugs Company and American Barge Line Co. v. The Ohio River Company, Defendant-Third Party and United States of America, Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983

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