Hartsfield v. SEAFARERS INTERN. UNION, ETC.

HAND, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

The defendants having filed motion for summary judgment and the Court having considered the exhibits, the legal briefs, and the arguments of counsel, finds as follows:

• I. FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Robert Earl Kiedinger died on or about December 30, 1974, while on board the vessel SS “EAGLE VOYAGER’’, a tanker of American registry, while said ship was docked in the Port of Odessa, U.S.S.R. At the time of his death, Robert Earl Kied inger was a member of the crew of the SS “EAGLE VOYAGER”.

2. Mary Elizabeth Hartsfield, the sister and personal…