Legal Opinion
Complaint of Cap'n Rick Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 10, 1981No. 75 Civ. 3362 (RWS), 76 Civ. 3581 (RWS)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
On January 12, 1975 the fishing vessel CAP’N RICK rolled over and sank during a turn while engaged in clamming east southeast of Chesapeake Light Tower. Two crew members were drowned, Captain Peter A. Viventi and Adalbert Brodowski. What happened thereafter in actions brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq., and Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, has brought little credit to the legal process or to certain members of the bar who have represented the representatives of the dead fishermen.
This memorandum opinion and order sets forth the basis…
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- Dunn v. H. K. Porter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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