Legal Opinion
Beverly Nygaard, as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Clyde Sullivan, Deceased v. Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1983No. 81-3472PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
This action was brought in the district court on behalf of the decedent’s estate and his. son, Michael Sullivan, Jr. (Mike Jr.), for the death of Michael Sullivan, Sr., a seaman lost from appellee Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.’s fishing vessel F/V SEVEN SEAS in the Bering Sea. Jurisdiction was based on the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 761-768, the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law.
The district court ordered bifurcation of the trial, and Peter Pan’s liability and the amount of damages for the estate and Mike Jr. were tried in turn to the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. TallentireSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Kopczynski v. The JacquelineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Roger Gaston v. Flowers Transportation, (Cro-Marine Division, a Division of Chromalloy American Corporation)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Kopczynski v. The JacquelineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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