· 11/30/2023
State of Maine v. Germaine Page
Citations
- 2023 ME 73
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- permitting remand given that 28 U.S.C. § 1653 is “to be liberally construed”
- finding a vessel owner, manufacturer, and physician solidary liable despite the fact that “their obligations ar[o]se from different acts and for different reasons” because “they are each obligated for the same thing,” i.e., the victim’s death
- “Under Louisiana law, ‘indemnity shifts the entire loss from a tortfeasor only technically at fault to one primarily responsible for the act that caused the damage.’”
- so holding under the Louisiana Civil Code
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Valerie Stanfill, Andrew M. Mead, Jospeh M. Jabar, Catherine R. Connors, Andrew M. Horton, Rick E. Lawrence, Wayne R Douglas
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