Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 18, 1953No. Adm. Nos. 3446 and 3472; Civ. A. Nos. 5734 and 5886; No. 3446PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
These four cases were consolidated for trial as they all involve the same set of facts. They are all non-jury cases and were tried for seven days in January and February of this year. They arose out of an unusual occurrence. On July 7, 1951 at 12:32 P.M., standard time, the pleasure yacht “Gallant Lady”, owned and navigated by Edmund Thompson, Sr., (plaintiff-libellant in these cases, -hereafter for convenience called the plaintiff), received a discharge of electricity which damaged the yacht to some extent and is also alleged by the plaintiff to have caused him…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Le Vonas v. Acme Paper Board Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- In Re Texas City Disaster LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Norfolk-Berkley Bridge CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. BlanchardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Driver v. Potomac Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Becker Pretzel Bakeries, Inc. v. Universal Oven CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
- Johnson v. GoldsteinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
- McMilin v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1968
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