Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Panama Canal Co.
District Court, Canal Zone
Decided April 24, 1953No. 3097PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROWE, District Judge.
As stated by the Supreme Court of the United States in its opinion of November 5, 1951, 342 U.S. 29, 72 S.Ct. 12, 96 L.Ed. 31, this suit in admiralty, a libel in personam, is petitioner’s third attempt to secure damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while a passenger on respondent’s steamship.
The first action was dismissed after-the respondent had successfully maintained that the petitioner’s only remedy was to sue the United States under the-Tort Claims Act, as the respondent’s entire stock is owned by the United States, and the second action was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Gardner v. Panama RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- The" City of Panama"Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Krey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- The Great NorthernCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Complaint of Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1975
- In Re Nueces County, Texas, Road District No. 4District Court, S.D. Texas · 1959
- De Scala v. Panama Canal Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Levinowitz v. StabDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955