NORTHERN FISHING & TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. GRABOWSKI

No. 71-2475.

477 F.2d 1267 (1973)

Petition of NORTHERN FISHING & TRADING COMPANY, INC., a corporation, owners of the FISHING VESSEL NORTH SEA, and Aleutian King Crab, Inc., a corporation, charterer of the fishing vessel North Sea, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Sophie M. GRABOWSKI, Individually, as personal representative of the Deceased, Edwin T. Grabowski, and as guardian of the Estate of the minor children of Edwin T. Grabowski, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale P. Hilyer, Jr. (argued), Hilyer & Levinski, Seattle, Wash., for claimant-appellant.

Donald P. Marinkovich ( argued ), Detels, Draper, & Marinkovich, Robert V. Holland (argued), Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners-appellees.

Before CARTER, CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from the loss of the wooden fishing vessel NORTH SEA off the southwest coast of Unimak Island, Alaska, on December 12, 1968. Captain Grabowski, the skipper, and two other crew members were drowned. The deck hand, Golodoff, survived.

Appellant Sophie M. Grabowski, the widow of the Captain, was the claimant, individually, and as the personal representative...

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