Legal Opinion
Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1996No. 94-1387PublishedCited by 563 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Twelve-year-old Natalie Calhoun was killed in a jet ski accident on July 6, 1989. At the time of her death, she was vacationing with family friends at a beach-front resort in Puerto Rico. Alleging that the jet ski was defectively de signed or made, Natalie’s parents sought to recover from the manufacturer pursuant to state survival and wrongful-death statutes. The manufacturer contended that state remedies could not be applied because Natalie died on navigable waters; federal, judge-declared maritime law, the manufacturer urged, controlled to the exclusion of state law.
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2Cases cited38 opinions
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