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In Re Petition of Henry Du Bois'sons Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 9, 1960PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks to limit its liability 1 to $1,500, the value of its derrick, the Trenton, which capsized and sank with its sole crew member, Robert Dunbar.
Dunbar’s widow, the claimant herein, as administratrix of his estate, recovered a judgment against petitioner in the sum of $62,000, in an action brought under the Jones Act. 2 Upon appeal, the judgment was affirmed, the Court of Appeals holding that there was substantial evidence to support her claim that the petitioner was negligent in failing to caulk the Trenton’s hull properly, with the result that it…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Just v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- The Tj HooperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Lord v. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Bradford Coleman v. Jahncke Service, Inc., the Home Insurance Company v. The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission and Winndixie Louisiana, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- In re Kinsman Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- In Re Read's PetitionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1963
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