Legal Opinion
Faust v. South Carolina State Highway Department
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1983No. Nos. 82-1288, 82-1289PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
The decedent of the plaintiff administra-trix was killed and the two other plaintiffs were injured when, on the night of December 11, 1977, the decedent’s motorboat collided with a steel guide cable used by the South Carolina State Highway Department (Highway Department) in the operation of a cable ferry across a canal in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Plaintiffs sued the United States and Highway Department in admiralty alleging that they were joint tortfeasors in the operation and maintenance of the ferry. The district court gave judgment to the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Alean Hester Faust, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Lonnie Faust, Deceased, Tommy Bennett, Curtis L. Muldrow v. South Carolina State Highway Department, and United States of America, Alean Hester Faust, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Lonnie Faust, Deceased, Tommy Bennett, Curtis L. Muldrow v. South Carolina State Highway Department, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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