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Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. V. Garris and the Impact Of the U.S. Supreme Court's Recognizing A Maritime Wrongful-Death Cause Of Action Based On Negligence


by Ralph W. Johnson View Biography
Halloran & Sage LLP View Firm Credentials
Hartford Office

July 13, 2004

Previously published on July 31, 2001

On June 4, 2001, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Garris. In it, the Court, per Justice Antonin Scalia, held that a cause of action does exist for a wrongful-death caused by the negligent breach of the maritime duites of care and...


 

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