Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Richardson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
368 U.S. 989
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1962-02-19
- Topic
- general
allowing recovery by a seaman for emotional distress which was manifested by schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress, and neurosis | assessing pain-and-suffering damages for eleven crewmen of capsized ship at $150.00 per hour regardless of individual circumstances and cause of death (if any), which varied from shark bite to exposure to drowning | assessing pain-and-suffering damages for eleven crewmen of capsized ship at $150.00 per hour regardless of individual circumstances and cause of death (if any), which varied from shark bit to exposure to drowning | "the liquidated-unliquidated common law distinction lacks a persuasive rationale" | "the liquidated-unliquidated common law distinction lacks a persuasive rationale" | admiralty, probably conscious while enveloped in flames, $5000 upheld | admiralty, probably conscious while enveloped in flames, $5000 upheld | four children— 75%, to wife alone — 50%
Citator
- Cited by
- 53 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.