Legal Opinion
Vann v. Willie
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 20, 1978No. [No. 148, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The Court of Special Appeals in the instant case agreed with the trial court in holding that the appellant, while swimming in the Bush River in Harford County, could not recover for injuries received when he collided with a motorboat. Vann v. Willie, 38 Md. App. 49, 379 A. 2d 411 (1977). The Court of Special Appeals, after determining that the appellant could not recover under any theory of Maryland tort law, concluded that under Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 1 409 U. S. 249, 93 S. Ct. 493, 34 L.Ed.2d 454 (1972), admiralty law did not apply because the accident did not involve…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by8 opinions
- General Motors Corp. v. LahockiCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Moodie v. SantoniCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
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- Schwarz v. HathawayCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Faris v. Potomac Electric Power Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1991
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