Legal Opinion
Mattie Lee Simpson and Howard Simpson v. Knut Knutsen, O.A.S., Mattie Lee Simpson and Howard Simpson v. Knut Knutsen, O.A.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1971No. 24299, 24301PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants, the widow and son of a longshoreman, brought this wrongful death action on the bases of diversity of citizenship, the California Wrongful Death Act (California Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 377), and the general maritime law of the United States. The District Court, jury-waived, found that the vessel moored in San Francisco Bay on which the longshoreman was working when he met accidental death, was un-seaworthy; that the unseaworthiness was a proximate cause of the accident; that there was negligence on the decedent’s part contributing to the accident; that applying the rule of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Peter Igneri and Theresa Igneri v. Cie. De Transports OceaniquesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States Steel Corporation v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Elaine Jones v. GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Skidmore v. GrueningerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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