Legal Opinion
Schaeffer v. Michigan-Ohio Navigation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1969No. 18901PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
The accident which gives rise to this litigation took place on the Great Lakes cruise ship Aquarama which was en route from Cleveland to Detroit.
The first major question presented by this appeal is whether a products liability suit is recognized in admiralty law. If so, the second concerns whether the proofs justify the $200,000 judgment entered in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Heinrich H. Schaeffer, against defendant-appellant Westinghouse Electric Corporation after jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Other questions…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BehymerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Sharon Hageman, Admx. Of the Estate of Donald Hageman v. Signal L. P. Gas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Watz v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Pan-Alaska Fisheries, Inc. v. Marine Construction & Design Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- JIG the Third Corp. v. Puritan Marine Insurance Underwriters Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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