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GAUDET v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC.

No. 71-3517.

463 F.2d 1331 (1972)

Helen Stein GAUDET, Administratrix of the Estate of Awtrey C. Gaudet, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Reese, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Stuart A. McClendon, W. Frederick Denkman, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

The Albatross inherent in the vagaries and vicissitudes of right and remedy under differing state wrongful death statutes has been lifted from the Mariner's neck. Moragne v. State Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 26 L.Ed.2d 339 (1970). Though the reckoning of the Supreme Court predicts this course will steer the Mariner into "more placid waters," Moragne...

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