Legal Opinion
Miller v. American Heavy Lift Shipping
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 3, 2000No. Nos. 99-3703, 99-3705, 99-3707 to 99-3709PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J., joined by Merritt, J.,
GUY, J. (pp. 252-53), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Creighton E. Miller is the administrator of the estates of five deceased seamen. In the years 1990-1992, Miller brought five separate actions against various shipowners and operators, alleging survival and wrongful death claims under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and general admiralty and maritime law. In 1997, Miller filed amended complaints in each case. The district court found that the amended complaints did not relate back to the original complaints pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…
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