Legal Opinion
Helen Mascuilli, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Mascuilli, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 6, 1969No. 17428_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
This unfortunately protracted lawsuit comes to this court for the third time. Appellant, as administratrix for a deceased longshoreman, filed a libel in admiralty in 1959 seeking damages from appellee, United States (Government), under both the Pennsylvania Death and Survival Acts. 1 The longshoreman was killed while employed aboard the USNS Marine Fiddler in the Port of Philadelphia on May 1,1959.
Shortly after the libel was filed, a district court judge entered a pre-trial order determining that under the admitted facts the Government was liable to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Pezzulli v. D'AmbrosiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Ferne, Admrx. v. ChaddertonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Evich v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Mascuilli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Evich v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Walter Lundy v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Helen Mascuilli, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Mascuilli, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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