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%

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.