State of Louisiana Guste v. M/v Testbank M/s’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint · Harelson v. United States · Simopoulos v. Virginia · Dick Meyers Towing Service, Inc. v. United States · Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co v. M/v Bayou Lacombe
Most-quoted passages
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“Building on the Supreme Court's decision in [Robins ], the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has developed a doctrine of maritime law that controls the outcome of this case: in a suit based upon the alleged negligence of a defendant, a plaintiff cannot recover consequential economic losses if the alleged negligence has not caused any physical damage to the person or property of the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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