Shasaku Mizukami, Gosaku Mizukami v. Peter R. Buras, Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.

Appellants, citizens of Japan, seek review of an order of dismissal in a diversity action filed by them in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The suit was initiated against Peter R. Buras and his insurance carrier, Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, to recover for the death of Shasaku Mizukami. As to Peter R. Buras, the court found that he was deceased at the time the suit was filed and denied substitution of his heirs as parties. The court dismissed the action against the insurance carrier for failure to join an indispensable party and for lack of…