ORONA v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY

No. 183, Docket 27668.

313 F.2d 241 (1963)

Angela ORONA, as Administratrix de bonis non of the Estate of Santiago Orona, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and United Mail Steamship Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Farrell, of Stapleton, Flynn & Lilly, New York City (Daniel Flynn, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Sydney Schmukler, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellee.

Kenneth Heller, New York City, amicus curiae, on behalf of infant child Mario Orona.

Before CLARK, KAUFMAN and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Isbrandtsen Company appeals from so much of the judgment of the court below as awards to Angela Orona, widow of the decedent, damages for the wrongful death of Santiago Orona, pursuant to the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688.

Santiago, a seaman, committed suicide aboard one of defendant's vessels under circumstances fully described by the court below. 204 F.Supp. 777 (S.D.N.Y.1962...

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