Legal Opinion
Complaint of Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 28, 1978No. 77 Civ. 1425PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge. Facts
On March 20, 1977, the S.S. Claude Conway sank off the coast of the United States, and one Franco Matascone, an Italian citizen, died along with numerous other crewmen. The owners of the ship, Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, instituted this limitation proceeding. See 46 U.S.C. § 185. The mother and father of the deceased together with his brothers and sisters (“Matascone claimants”), engaged the firm of Due Dodson and deGravelles (“Due Dodson”), to prosecute any wrongful death claims on their behalf. Due Dodson filed a claim in this action on May…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Landry v. Two R. Drilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Iafrate v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- John Futch, Individually and as Personal Representative of Cecil Futch v. Midland Enterprises, Inc., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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