Legal Opinion
Boykin v. Bergesen D.Y. A/S
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 25, 1993No. Civ. A. No. 2:92cv391PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on the motion of plaintiff Volpe M. Boykin for leave to supplement his complaint to include a general maritime law survival claim for compensatory and punitive damages against defendant U.S. Steel Mining Co., Inc. (“USSM”). The court has received the parties’ briefs and heard oral arguments on this issue. Accordingly, the matter is now ripe for disposition.
BACKGROUND
This admiralty action was brought by Volpe M. Boykin, administrator of the estate of Denzil J. Pereira. Pereira, the master of the M/V Berge Charlotte, was…
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