Legal Opinion
1st Bank Southeast of Kenosha, Wis. v. M/V KALIDAS
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 6, 1987No. 82-C-1503PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
CURRAN, District Judge.
First Bank Southeast of Kenosha, Wisconsin, as personal representative of the estate of Stanislaus Wojtyn 1 commenced this wrongful death action against the M/V Kalidas and the Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd. (the “ship defendants”) 2 alleging that Wojtyn’s drowning death “was exclusively caused by the careless and negligent conduct of the ship’s crew in failing to keep said vessel’s lines from snapping.” See Complaint at If 11. Wojtyn, a longshoreman, was assisting in the berthing of the M/V Kalidas at the dock in the Kenosha, Wisconsin harbor…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
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