Legal Opinion
Jane O. Livingston, Administratrix of the Estate of Haldon C. Livingston, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1980No. 79-1877PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
The United States brings this appeal from a judgment of the district court, sitting in admiralty. The district court found the United States eighty percent responsible for a boating accident that resulted in the death of Haldon Livingston, and it awarded damages of $192,800 to Livingston’s estate. On appeal, the United States argues chiefly that the district court lacked admiralty jurisdiction because the accident occurred on waters that, though once used for commercial shipping, are no longer navigable in fact. We agree that admiralty jurisdiction was improperly invoked…
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