Legal Opinion
De Court v. Beckman Instruments, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 25, 1973No. Civ. 11388PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COLOGNE, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of Beckman Instruments, Inc., in an action for damages for wrongful death brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688).
The case raises the question of the legal effect of a California Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board award on the ability of the party receiving the award to subsequently recover under the federal maritime law.
The plaintiffs are the widow (De Court) 2 and three minor children of William A. De Court (decedent), who died August 5, 1970, while testing underwater diving equipment in the sea one to…
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- Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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