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GEEHAN v. TRAWLER ARLINGTON, INC.

No. 76-1159.

547 F.2d 132 (1976)

Monica M. GEEHAN, Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. TRAWLER ARLINGTON, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees, Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association Limited, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Frank H. Handy, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Kneeland, Splane, Kydd & Handy, Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellants.

Alan R. Hoffman, Boston, Mass., with whom Kaplan, Latti & Flannery, Boston, Mass., was on brief for Monica M. Geehan, Administratrix, etc., appellee.

Solomon Sandler, Gloucester, Mass., with whom Sandler, Sandler & Laramee, Gloucester, Mass., was on brief, for Mutual Marine Office, Inc., appellee.

Before Clark, Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court (Ret.), and McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

In 1967 John Geehan, a crew member of the Trawler Arlington, was injured while in the employ of the vessel. His death occurred several years later and his estate ultimately obtained a judgment in a Massachusetts court against the vessel for $55,887.97. Thereafter, his widow, as administratrix of the estate, instituted the present action in state court to reach and apply the contractual obligations of Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association...

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