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In Re Famous Players Lasky Corporation

District Court, S.D. California

Decided January 30, 1929No. 2610-MPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NETERER, District Judge.

The petition to limit liability was heretofore considered and denied. See (D. C.) 25 F.(2d) 973. The court found, and does now find, that the craft in issue was not such as comprehended within the limitation of liability statute (46 USCA §§ 181-195), and that it was, in fact, unseaworthy at the time of the casualty, of which the petitioner had knowledge, and that the negligence of the petitioner caused the death and injuries claimed by and on account of Davis, Broyles, Carlson, Olsen, and Johnson.

The claimants were employed by petitioner as seamen, among other things…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Douglas A. Bullis v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  2. The Linseed KingDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1930
  3. The Princess SophiaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1929
  4. Haugen v. Oceanic Fisheries Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1937
  5. Owens v. Hammond Lumber Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1934

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