Legal Opinion

Helen Mascuilli, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Mascuilli, Deceased v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 21, 1963No. 13745PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Did a district court judge err when, in a wrongful death action in admiralty which alleged unseaworthiness and negligence, he entered a Pre-Trial Order which resolved the issue of liability in favor of the libellant and directed that the trial of the cause be restricted exclusively to the issue of damages ?

That question is presented on thjs appeal from a subsequent decree entering judgment in favor of the libellant and against the respondent in the amount of *765$124,000 following trial on the issue of damages.1

The Government has premised its appeal on the grounds that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Robert E. Lynn, Alicia J. Lynn v. William F. Smith, John E. Young, Charles Benedict, Henry J. Danielson, J. Regis Thompson, Charles AnthonyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
  2. Mascuilli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1960

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Mascuilli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Mascuilli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Hanks v. California CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1967
  4. George Satchell v. Sevenska Ostasiatiska KompanietCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  5. Helen Mascuilli, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Mascuilli, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969

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