Legal Opinion
Feliu v. Grace Line, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 6, 1951PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover for the alleged wrongful death of a seaman employed on one of the defendant’s vessels. The complaint alleges that the seaman died intestate and that on October 23, 1950, plaintiff, the father of the seaman, became the duly authorized Administrator of his estate under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of Honduras and the Civil Court of San Pedro Sula. It is then alleged that the seaman left surviving his father, his sole next of kin, and others dependent upon him for support, and that plaintiff…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Wiener v. Specific Pharmaceuticals, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Briggs v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Mandell and Wright v. ThomasTexas Supreme Court · 1969
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- Complaint of Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- In re Keystone Tankship Corp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1965
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