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TUCKER v. FEARN

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an action to recover for the death of his minor son, a district court order precluding plaintiff from recovering loss of society damages in his...

AM. RIVER TRANSP. CO. v. PARAGON MARINE SERV., INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an admiralty collision case, the district court did not err in determining that a barge broke free due to the negligence of defendants in managing...

VELCHEZ v. CARNIVAL CORP.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
A remand order based upon a procedural defect, different from the one asserted in the remand motion filed by a party, does not amount to a sua sponte...

MAHER TERMINALS, INC. v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP.

Admiralty, Workers' Compensation
Defendant is a covered maritime employee under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. section 901 et seq., because although he...

SASSY DOLL CREATIONS, INC. v. WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
Under the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. section 14706, where a bill of lading defendant supplied did not give plaintiff "a reasonable opportunity to...

HAWKSPERE SHIPPING CO., LTD. v. INTAMEX, S.A.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
Where a shipper chooses to remit payment by way of a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier, shipper assumes the risk that the...

PERSSON v. SCOTIA PRINCE CRUISES, LTD.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's factual determinations, that ship officers resigned without giving notice and are therefore not entitled to damages for breach of...

ORTCO CONTRACTORS, INC v. CHARPENTIER

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Workers' Compensation
The Benefits Review Board used an improper evidentiary standard in reviewing an ALJ's initial determination, which had correctly found that a presumed...

STEEL COILS, INC. v. M/V LAKE MARION

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Transportation
In a Carriage of Goods by Sea Act claim for rust damage caused by seawater, the district court did not improperly shift the burden of proof by finding...

MURPHY v. FLORIDA KEYS ELEC. COOP. ASS'N

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A settling defendant in an admiralty tort action cannot bring a suit for contribution against a non-settling defendant who was not released from...