Moyer v. Klosters Rederi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying DOH-SA where the decedent died ashore after suffering a heart attack while snorkeling in Cozumel, Mexico
• applying DOHSA where the decedent died ashore after suffering a heart attack while snorkeling in Cozumel, Mexico
• rejecting argument that defendant’s land-based acts of negligence causing injury on the high seas “rendered admiralty jurisdiction inappropriate”
• finding that DOHSA applied to a passenger on a vessel
• “With respect to the applicability of DOHSA to -an incident occurring in waters directly offshore at Cozumel, a look at the relevant statutory-language fails to provide clear guidance.”
• “The key operative fact ... is that the decedent’s illness commenced while he was participating in the snorkeling expedition; i.e., while he was on the high seas, as defined by DOHSA.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DeWolf v. Kohler
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-11-18· cited 30×
• Jennings v. Boeing Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 28×
• Fojtasek v. NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.
  S.D. Florida· 2009-05-11· cited 23×
• Kennedy v. Carnival Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2019-03-06· cited 23×
• Howard v. Crystal Cruises, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-12-01· cited 21×
• Motts v. M/V Green Wave
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-09· cited 16×
• Smith v. Carnival Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-10-27· cited 13×
• Balachander v. Ncl (Bahamas) Ltd.
  S.D. Florida· 2011-08-05· cited 11×
• Ridley v. NCL (BAHAMAS) LTD.
  S.D. Florida· 2010-10-14· cited 10×
• Hassanati v. International Lease Finance Corp.
  C.D. California· 2014-02-18· cited 10×
• Lasky v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
  S.D. Florida· 2012-02-06· cited 8×
• In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-02-27· cited 5×
• Brown v. Eurocopter, S.A.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-03-23· cited 4×
• Ray v. Fifth Transoceanic Shipping Co., Ltd.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-07-13· cited 3×
• Petro v. Jada Yacht Charters, Ltd.
  D. Hawaii· 1994-02-08· cited 1×
• Motts v. M/V GREEN WAVE
  S.D. Texas· 1998-11-06
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-18

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 1,104×
• Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-18· cited 929×
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-23· cited 525×
• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 392×
• Casey Enterprises, Inc. And D/B/A Pendley Hills Hardware and Minit Check Grocery, Fite H. Casey, Jr. v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-08· cited 339×
• Ernest Leon Clemons v. Dougherty County, Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-09-07· cited 331×
• Amey, Inc., and John C. Amis, Jr. v. Gulf Abstract & Title, Inc., Amey, Inc., and John C. Amis, Jr. v. Gulf Abstract & Title, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-04-29· cited 198×
• Lighting Fixture and Electric Supply Co. Inc. v. The Continental Insurance Co., and Electric Supply Co. Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-12-10· cited 188×
• Brunswick Corporation v. Harold Vineberg
  Fifth Circuit· 1967-01-11· cited 176×
• Vera Croley, Etc. v. Matson Navigation Company, David E. Bouler v. Matson Navigation Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-02-26· cited 150×
• T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1928-02-20· cited 140×
• The Admiral Peoples
  Supreme Court· 1935-06-03· cited 111×
• Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1935-06-03· cited 76×
• Dalke v. Upjohn Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-06-03· cited 66×
• Ernest Wilmer Crosson, Iii, and Marie Louise Crosson, His Wife v. Maxwell Vance
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-09-27· cited 49×
• Vancouver Steamship Co. v. Rice
  Supreme Court· 1933-03-13· cited 39×
• Sanchez v. Loffland Brothers Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-01· cited 39×
• Edwin Lees Shaw, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary Scott Shaw, Deceased v. Grumman Aerospace Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-12-19· cited 37×
• Kuntz v. Windjammer\ Barefoot\ Cruises, Ltd.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-08-16· cited 27×