Legal Opinion
Petition of Paul F. Wood for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 16, 1956No. 23542_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denying appellants’ motions to dismiss a petition for limitation of liability under 46 U.S. C.A. § 184 and to permit appellants to pursue their common law remedies under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq. The opinion below is reported at 124 F.Supp. 540.
Petitioner’s F. V. Susan with a master and crew of six departed from Wildwood, New Jersey on December 4 or 5, 1953, to engage in commercial fishing and has…
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