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Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.

United States Supreme Court

398 U.S. 375 (1970)

Torts
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Edward Moragne was killed working aboard a ship owned by States Marine Lines (defendant); his wife (plaintiff), as estate representative, sued for wrongful death, but the court of appeals followed the Supreme Court's own 1886 precedent in The Harrisburg, holding no maritime wrongful-death cause of action existed, and Moragne's wife appealed.

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Whether a cause of action for wrongful death exists in maritime law.

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