Legal Opinion
State v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 7, 1959No. Civ. 10415PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
The principal question raised by defendant’s motion to dismiss is whether the Maryland “Lord Campbell’s Act”, which gives a right of action where death is caused “by wrongful act, neglect or default”, encompasses a civil action for death caused by the unseaworthiness of a vessel.
Art. 67, sec. 1, Ann.Code of Md., 1957 ed., provides:
“Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. HaleckiSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Levinson v. DeupreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Cummins v. Kansas City Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Vassallo v. Nederl-Amerik Stoomv Maats HollandTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- DiBelardino v. Lemmon Pharmacal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- State v. NabellaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1959
- Chermesino v. Vessel Judith Lee Rose, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1962
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