Legal Opinion
Elena Jerezano Moncada, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arturo Moncada, Deceased v. Lemuria Shipping Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 21, 1974No. 48, Docket 73-1184PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
Arturo Moneada was a Honduran seaman employed aboard the S.S. Ekberg from June 12, 1968 until his death on September 27, 1968. Moneada fell ill and died aboard ship at Maceio, Brazil. The medical examiner determined the cause of death to be severe edema of the lungs (pulmonary congestion). Alleging negligence by the master of the ship in failing to call a doctor rapidly, the widow of the decedent brought this suit under the Jones Act and general maritime law against Ekberg Shipping Corp. (which owned the vessel and employed the crew), Lemuria Shipping Corp. (the chartering…
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- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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