Legal Opinion
Carl Niepert, an Individual and as of the Estate of Dorothy Niepert, Deceased v. The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1957No. 12883_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a libel instituted against defendant for wrongful death of libelant’s wife and for damage to libelant’s motor boat alleged to have been caused by the negligence of respondent in creating a hazard to navigation by extending a pier over 1,200 feet into Lake Erie without adequate lighting. 1 The findings of fact of the District Court, which the parties stipulate are true and accurate, are printed in the margin. 2 The District Court held that the rule of division of damages which controls in admiralty cases, 46 U.S.C. Section 766, 46 U.S.C.A. § 766,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- The Max MorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Levinson v. DeupreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ernest Wilmer Crosson, Iii, and Marie Louise Crosson, His Wife v. Maxwell VanceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Vassallo v. Nederl-Amerik Stoomv Maats HollandTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- Moragne v. State Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1968
- Madeline Curry, Etc. v. Fred Olsen Line, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Vassallo v. Nederl-Amerik Stoomv Maats HollandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
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