|
|
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597 (1963)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597 (1963)
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States No. 65 Argued February 18, 1963 Decided April 1, 1963 372 U.S. 597
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
Petitioner sued the United States under the Public Vessels Act to recover damages resulting from a collision between its ship and a government dredge. The United States filed a cross-libel, and the District Court held that the collision had occurred through the mutual fault of both vessels and that, under the settled admiralty rule, each party was entitled to recover from the other one-half of its provable damages and court costs. A government employee aboard the dredge had sustained personal injuries in the collision, for which he received compensation under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act. He sued petitioner for damages, obtained a settlement of $16,000, and repaid to the United States the amount he had received under the Compensation Act.
Held: Section 7(b) of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, which provides that the liability thereunder "shall be exclusive, and in place, of all other liability of the United States" to the employee and his representatives and dependents, does not limit the admiralty rule of divided damages in mutual fault collisions, and the amount paid by petitioner to the government employee should be included in computing the amount of petitioner’s recovery from the Government. Pp. 597-604.
294 F.2d 179 reversed.
Contents:
Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597 (1963) in 372 U.S. 597 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WZSJ5B5KAPBK84F.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597 (1963), in 372 U.S. 597, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WZSJ5B5KAPBK84F.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597 (1963). cited in 1963, 372 U.S. 597. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WZSJ5B5KAPBK84F.
|