Legal Opinion
Warn v. M/Y Maridome
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1999No. Nos. 97-55610, 97-56355PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the victims of a maritime accident in foreign waters may state claims under the Jones Act.
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In the early hours of September 3, 1995, the tender of the yacht M/Y Maridóme (“Maridóme”) struck a metal pipe structure in the harbor of the Port of Poros, Greece, while ferrying passengers and crew from ship to shore. Nicholas Warn, George Sta-thopoulos, Andreas Brigman, and Simon Willshaw were killed in the accident; Richard Brooks was seriously injured. Warn, Willshaw, and Brooks were British crew-members of the Maridóme; Brigman and Stathopoulos…
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