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PATENTAS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-1807, 81-1810, 81-1953, 81-2001 and 81-2002.

687 F.2d 707 (1982)

PATENTAS, Ioannis, Appellant in No. 81-1807, v. UNITED STATES of America. SOTERIS, Ioannis, Appellant in No. 81-1810, v. UNITED STATES of America. Saul DONER, Esquire, Administrator of the Estate of Constantinos Spetsiotis, Andreas Antoniadis, Nicholaos Antoniou, Dimitrios Zambelis and Amver Mehmet, Deceased; and Ioanna C. Spetsiotis, Dimitrios Spetsiotis, Ioannis Spetsiotis, Irene Antoniadis, Theodoros Andreas Antoniadis, Andreas Andreas Antoniadis, Efrosini Antonious; and Dependent Parents and Sisters of Nicholaos Antonious; Dimitrios Zambelis, Andriana Zambelis; and Dependent Parents and Sisters of Amver Mehmet, Appellants in No. 81-1953, v. UNITED STATES of America. ARCO PIPE LINE COMPANY, Appellant in No. 81-2001, v. UNITED STATES of America. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Appellant in No. 81-2002, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Morrow, Karabel & Morrow, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants in Nos. 81-1807 and 81-1810.

William G. Downey (argued), Stuart M. Goldstein, Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants in Nos. 81-2001 and 81-2002; Leonard R. Berkowitz, Levittown, Pa. (argued) of counsel.

Sidney J. Smolinsky (argued), Pechner, Dorfman, Wolffe, Rounick & Cabot, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants in No. 81-1953.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., David V. Hutchinson (argued), Civ. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Peter F. Vaira, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, WEIS and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

On April 9, 1974, the Greek tanker ELIAS exploded while discharging its cargo of crude oil at the Fort Mifflin terminal in Philadelphia. The vessel was severed; thirteen people were killed; and property damages were in the millions of dollars. These consolidated appeals are taken in five of the many lawsuits that resulted from that disastrous explosion. All of the appellants

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