Legal Opinion
Interlake Steamship Co. v. Nielsen
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1964No. Nos. 15705, 15706PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
The claimant-appellant in this appeal is the wife of the deceased shipkeeper of the SS ARCTURUS, owned by The Interlake Steamship Company, appellee.
The ARCTURUS was berthed for the winter of 1959 at a Lake Erie dock. In the course of his employment decedent drove his car off the end of the dock where his ship was berthed. He died of a skull fracture occasioned by impact upon the frozen waters of Lake Erie. Lake Erie is, of course, part of the navigable waters of the United States of America and hence part of its admiralty jurisdiction.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- The Admiral PeoplesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Charles A. Chapman, Libelant-Appellant v. City of Grosse Pointe Farms, a Michigan Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Wiper v. Great Lakes Engineering WorksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Thomson v. Chesapeake Yacht Club, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- The Interlake Steamship Company v. Marcella R. Nielsen, the Interlake Steamship Company v. Stephen O'hearne, as Successor to John J. Newman, Deputy Commissioneradministering the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Elsie C. Wiper v. Great Lakes Engineering WorksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965