Public Administrator of New York v. Frota Oceanica Brasileira

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered March 23, 1977, granting plaintiff an injunction enjoining defendants from harassing, intimidating, coercing, threatening or interfering with the widows and/or children of the men lost on the S. S. Sylvia L. Ossa; granting an injunction enjoining defendants from employing force or violence to prevent disclosure concerning events leading to the sinking; determining that jurisdiction exists under the Jones Act and denying a nondenominated motion to dismiss; and denying defendants-appellants’ objections to the authority of the plaintiff-respondent…