BENNETT v. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Civ. No. 71-655.

347 F.Supp. 451 (1972)

Elizabeth L. BENNETT, Plaintiff, v. The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, and Deuteron Company, v. Stanley SWINTON, M. D. and John Ashcraft, M. D., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

July 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Weires, Miami, Fla., Edward R. Downing, Miami, Fla., for Elizabeth L. Bennett.

G. Morton Good, Smathers & Thompson, Miami, Fla., for defendants-third party plaintiffs.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, Fla., for defendant Stanley Swinton, M. D.

Robert S. McConnaughey, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant John Ashcraft, M. D.


OPINION AND ORDER

SOLOMON, District Judge:

Edward R. Downing, as attorney for the plaintiff, Elizabeth A. Bennett, individually and as executrix of the Estate of Arnold E. Bennett, Sr., filed an action for the wrongful death of her husband, without prepayment of fees, as a "SEAMAN'S ACTION UNDER 28 U.S. C.A. § 1916 and 46 U.S.C.A. § 688."

On the second day of the trial, the action was settled with my approval for $10,000.00. Mr. Downing...

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