Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Evich v. Morris
484 U.S. 914
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-10-19
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that humane and liberal character of admiralty law served by permitting non-dependants to recover lost future wages in general maritime survival action
- holding that uniformity is as important in maritime survival actions as it is in maritime wrongful death actions
- permitting the recovery of a decedent’s future lost income under a survival action, not a wrongful death claim
- permitting punitive damages in survival action upon a showing of conduct that manifests reckless or callous disregard for the rights of others or gross negligence or actual malice criminal indifference
- state survival action preempted by conflicting federal maritime survival law
- denying recovery for pecuniary loss to non-dependent siblings
Citator
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- 43 opinions
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.