Legal Opinion
Filer v. Foster Wheeler LLC
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 2014No. MDL No. 875; Transferred from the Northern District of California Case No. 12-00514; E.D. PA Civil Action No. 2:12-60034-ERPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. BACKGROUND.........................................................682
II. LEGAL STANDARD ....................................................683
A. Summary Judgment Standard.........................................683
B. The Applicable Law (Maritime Law)....................................684
C. Negligence Liability Under Maritime Law...............................685
III. DISCUSSION...........................................................686
A. A Navy Ship Is Not Itself a “Product” Under Maritime Strict Product
Liability…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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