The Chiswick
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the No: hern District of Florida; William B. Sheppard, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Mary A. Clarke against the Britain Steams iip Company, Limited, owner of the British steamship Chiswick,' and ( E ers. Decree for libelant, and respondents appeal.
1Per curiam
A majority of the judges are of opinion that lie proximate cause of the injury resulting in the death of James C. Cla le was the defective topping lift, for which the ship was responsible, í id that James C. Clarke was not chargeable with contributory neglige: ;e in the matter of his injury.
All the judges agree that the cause of action arising on the stea u-ship Chiswick was a maritime tort, and as it resulted in the death )f said Clarke within 20 to 30 minutes after his removal from the si: p, the right to recover damages for such tort given by section 3145, G a. St. Fla. 1906, could be…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Delome v. Union Barge Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Vancouver Steamship Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lacey v. L. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1951
- Anglo-PatagonianCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
- Marshall v. Westfal, Larsen & Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1924
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