Legal Opinion
Ladner v. Bender Welding & Machine Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1972No. 71-1954PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs-appellants in each of these consolidated cases 1 are the owners and insurers respectively of a 50-foot wooden hull sports fishing vessel (the OFF KEY) and a 64-foot wooden hull twin diesel pleasure yacht (the MISS BEHAVE) lost or severely damaged during hurricane Camille when it struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast with unprecedentedly destructive force on Sunday evening, August 17, 1969. The defendants-appellees are the owners of the yacht EL TORO, a steel vessel 105 feet long by 24 feet in beam, with a draft of 8 feet.
During the day, Sunday, August 17, as it became known that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Town of Luther v. State Ex Rel. HarrodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- Ladner v. Bender Welding & Machine Co.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1971