Legal Opinion
Stallworth v. McFarland
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 25, 1972No. Civ. A. 13938PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAWKINS, Chief Judge.
The basis for this action is a drowning which occurred on Toledo Bend Lake on or about July 18, 1967. The decedent, who could not swim, was one of a group of men who were clearing boat lanes on the lake by use of small boats and power saws. Their procedure was to cut the trees just above water level, this method being resorted to because of unexpected rapidly rising water which prevented the use of bulldozers and crushers.
Decedent, Ernest Stallworth, and his co-worker, Robert McFarland, had quit work for the day. Their fourteen-foot aluminum boat had an outboard…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- District of Columbia v. Camden Iron WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Kgell Bergan v. International Freighting Corp., Inc., and E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., and Odfjell Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Sterkx v. Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Rapides Par.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Haskins v. Point Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Fram Corp. v. DavisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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- Ivy v. Security Barge Lines, Inc.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1980
- Scott v. Briggs Way Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1996
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