Bednar v. United States Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBROS, District Judge.

This suit is brought pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 761-767, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, to recover for the death of Gerald Bednar, who disappeared at sea while on the crew of the S.S. American Challenger, a vessel owned and operated by defendant, United States Lines, Inc. Plaintiff, Dolores Bednar, seeks recovery as administratrix of the estate, widow, and mother of the two surviving children of Gerald Bednar. The matter was tried to the Court, after which the parties submitted posttrial memoranda.

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