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CALHOUN v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., U.S.A.

Nos. 93-1736, 93-1737.

40 F.3d 622 (1994)

Lucien B. CALHOUN; Robin L. Calhoun, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, deceased v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A.; Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.; Palmas Del Mar Company; Palmas Del Mar, Inc.; Palmas Yacht Club, Inc.; Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc.; Maxxam Properties, Inc.; ABC Corporation; XYZ Partnership(s); Candelero Hotel Corporation; Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., Appellants in No. 93-1736 Lucien B. CALHOUN; Robin L. Calhoun, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, deceased, Appellants in No. 93-1737 v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A.; Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.; Palmas Del Mar Company; Palmas Del Mar, Inc.; Palmas Yacht Club, Inc.; Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc.; Maxxam Properties, Inc.; ABC Corporation; XYZ Partnership(s); Candelero Hotel Corporation; Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1994.

As Amended November 17, 1994.

Sur Petition Rehearing with Suggestion for Rehearing December 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manchel, Lundy & Lessin, William J. Taylor, Thomas A. Masterson, Jr. (argued), Taylor & Taylor, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees/cross-appellants Lucien B. Calhoun and Robin L. Calhoun.

Jonathan Dryer (argued), William R. Hoffman, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Philadelphia, PA, for appellants/cross-appellees Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

Before: BECKER, MANSMANN and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.

Sur Petition for Panel Rehearing with Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc December 7, 1994.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated interlocutory cross appeals before us pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1993) present an interesting and important question of maritime law: whether state wrongful death and survival statutes are displaced by a federal maritime rule of decision concerning the remedies available for the death of...

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