Iafrate v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff’s intestate became ill and died on the high seas while.a passenger on board the S.S. Liberte. Thereafter two suits were filed in this District by the administrator of her estate, a civil action and one in admiralty, each seeking damages against the owners and operators of the ship for alleged wrongful conduct in causing decedent’s death. The complaint in the civil action alleged two causes of action, one for breach of contract of safe carriage and a second for her wrongful death. On motion, the first cause of action was dismissed by Judge Clancy for failure…