Legal Opinion
Wiper v. Great Lakes Engineering Works
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1965No. 15467PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, District Judge.
This appeal is from a summary judgment entered in this the second action brought by the Plaintiff-Appellant Elsie C. Wiper, Executrix of the estate of Joseph W. Wiper, deceased, to recover damages for the death of her husband who was an engineer aboard the vessel S. S. HYDRO. The first action was brought pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and resulted in a jury verdict for Erie Sand Steamship Co., the owner of the vessel. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. Wiper v. Erie Sand Steamship Co., 293 F.2d 491 (2nd Cir. 1961). The present action is based on diversity…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- The PlymouthSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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