Legal Opinion
Lawson v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 16, 1950PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
These suits are brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761-768, by the personal representatives of Antonio Scull Cardenas and Donald Retz, two members of the crew of the steamship Crow Wing who lost their lives on March 30, 1945, when that vessel collided with another on the high seas.
After a trial before the Hon. Alfred V. Bryan, it was adjudged by the court that the deaths of the two seamen were caused by the negligence of employees of the defendant United States of America. After the fault was found the matter was referred to a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Middleton v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- United States v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
- Beebe v. Moormack Gulf Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
3Cited by13 opinions
- Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Lawson v. United States. Retz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- FIRST NAT. BANK IN GREENWICH v. National Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- Civil v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Dugas v. National Aircraft CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
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