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Wheelings Ex Rel. Estate of Seals v. Seatrade Groningen, BV
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 31, 2007No. Civil Action 06-1585PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NORMA L. SHAPIRO, Senior District Judge.
This action arises from the death of a longshoreman, Lewis James Seals (“Seals”), when he was crushed by a container on the vessel M/V Lombok Strait. Plaintiff, Deborah Wheelings (“Wheel-ings”), Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis James Seals, alleges breach of turnover duty and breach of duty to intervene under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), 1 and negligence under general maritime law, with pendent state claims of negligence, wrongful death, and survival, against the vessel M/V…
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