Legal Opinion
Dennis v. Central Gulf Steamship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1972No. 71-1969PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether damages for a decedent’s pain and suffering and funeral expenses, awarded by the court below, are available under the recent decisionally created federal right for wrongful death which occurs upon state territorial waters. We affirm.
Decedent Dennis was employed as a marine surveyor by the United States Maritime Administration. During the course of his official survey of the S.S. GREEN BAY, which was either owned or under demise charter to Central Gulf, he fell as he was descending a ladder in the forward part of No. 3…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Arthur C. Payne, Cross-Appellee v. Panama Canal Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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