Legal Opinion
Bruce A. Bailey, as Special Administrator for the Estate of Joseph Roman Buenaflor, Deceased v. Dolphin International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1983No. 82-2060PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court conditionally dismissing a maritime wrongful death action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and alternatively, under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761, by appellants, the survivors of a Filipino permanent resident and citizen who was drowned off the coast of Balikpapan, Indonesia, when the Bali Dolphin, a nonself-propelled jack-up drilling rig on which the decedent had been a crew member for approximately two years, capsized while being towed a short distance to another offshore drilling…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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