Legal Opinion
Spiller v. Thomas M. Lowe, Jr. & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1972No. 71-1575PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
The basic questions presented by this appeal are (1) who are the beneficiaries of the newly created federal admiralty right of action for wrongful death and (2) does the right of action for pain and suffering survive the decedent. The district court, the Honorable Paul X Williams sitting in the Western District of Arkansas, Texarkana Division, adopted the state law of Arkansas as the proper schedule of beneficiaries in entering judgments totalling $455,000.1 328 F.Supp. 54 (1971). The suit was brought in admiralty and was based on negligence and on the unseaworthiness of…
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