Legal Opinion
Wahlstrom v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 13, 1993No. 774, Docket 92-7948PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:
Donald and Irene Wahlstrom (“the Wahl-stroms”) appeal from a judgment entered August 25,1992 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Alan H. Nevas, Judge, that granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the Wahlstroms’ state law claims for the wrongful death of their son on the basis that a case involving a collision between two pleasure craft on navigable waters falls within the court’s admiralty jurisdiction and, under general maritime law, recovery of wrongful death damages is barred where plaintiffs are not dependents…
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