Legal Opinion
Nietes v. American President Lines, Ltd.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 23, 1959No. 27807PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEIGERT, District Judge.
This is a libel in admiralty brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq., (1920), by the father of the deceased child, as administrator of his son’s estate. Libellant alleges that decedent became ill while traveling as a passenger on the high seas on board a regular passenger vessel, belonging to respondent shipowner, and that he subsequently died.
In its first claim, libellant asserts that the death was caused by negligent treatment by employees of the defendant, a physician and nurses, and he seeks to recover damages for wrongful death…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- The IroquoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Rannard v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.California Supreme Court · 1945
- Laubheim v. De Koninglyke Nederlandsche Stoomboot MaatschappyNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Brown v. La Société Française De Bienfaisance MutuelleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
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