GARDNER v. NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS, INC.

No. 9281.

333 F.2d 676 (1964)

Mrs. Valerie Jean GARDNER, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Edward Gardner, Jr., Deceased, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS, INC., in personam, and the S.S. BULKCRUDE, in rem, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey and Ralph Rabinowitz, Norfolk, Va., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Roy L. Sykes and R. Arthur Jett, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Jett, Sykes & Berkley, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees and cross-appellants.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding damages to the widow and children of a deceased seaman in a Jones Act case brought on the "admiralty side" of the court. The libellant raises a number of questions concerning the manner of computing the award. The respondent questions the discretionary award of interest from the date of death until the entry of judgment. The determination of damages is a factual question, and while we might...

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