Legal Opinion
Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1974No. 72-1019PublishedCited by 623 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Moragne v. States Marine Lines, 398 U. S. 375 (1970), overruling The Harrisburg, 119 U. S. 199 (1886), held that an action for wrongful death based on unseaworthiness is maintainable under federal maritime law, but left the shaping of the new nonstatutory action to future cases. The question in this case is whether the widow of a longshoreman may maintain such an action for the wrongful death of her husband — alleged to have resulted from injuries suffered by him while aboard a vessel in navigable waters — after the decedent recovered damages in his lifetime for his injuries.
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