Trident Marine, Inc. v. M/V Atticos

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DUVAL, District Judge.

Poseidon’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the issue of loss of society damages presents a controversial admiralty issue the bench has faced with regularity recently: May a Jones Act plaintiff recover nonpecuniary damages from a nonemployer third-party tortfeasor for negligence under the general maritime law after Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.?

The instant ease arises out of the fatality of three crewmembers of the S/V GALVESTON when it collided with the M/S ATTI-COS near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the morning of March 24,1993. Poseidon…