Legal Opinion
Helena Johannessen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ole R. Johannessen, Deceased v. Gulf Trading & Transportation Company and Blackships, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 27, 1980No. 109, Docket 80-7370PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIEANT, District Judge.
On December 18, 1975, the SS Gulf Solar was lifting a cargo of gasoline alongside a pier at North Kenai, Alaska (port of Niki-ski). On that date, while serving as Master of the Gulf Solar, Captain Ole R. Johannes-sen gave up his life in the highest tradition of the sea because he was trying to find out why an ice blocked valve had been permitted to delay loading for more than two hours. A seaman and the Second Mate perished with him.
Appellant, his widow and personal representative, sued appellee Gulf Trading and Transportation Company (“Gulf”), the operator of the…
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