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McKEITHEN v. M/T FROSTA

Civ. A. Nos. 76-3251, 76-3275 and 76-3654.

435 F.Supp. 584 (1977)

Dorothy S. McKEITHEN, Individually and on behalf of her Deceased husband, Charles F. McKeithen v. The M/T FROSTA, the M/V GEORGE PRINCE, A/S J. L. Mowinkels Rederi, and the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana. In the Matter of A/S J. LUDWIG MOWINKELS REDERI, as owner of the M/T FROSTA, petitioning for exoneration from or limitation of liability. In the Matter of the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA ex rel. William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, as owner of the M/V GEORGE PRINCE, petitioning for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

June 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, La., Joel T. Chaisson, Destrehan, La., Eldon E. Fallon, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, La., James A. George, Baton Rouge, La., Salvador H. Gutierrez, Jr., John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Walter C. Thompson, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Wanda Zito Auletto.

Walter Carroll, Jr., Charles F. Lozes, Benjamin W. Yancey, New Orleans, La., for S.S. Frosta and A/S J. L. Mowinkels Rederi.

John P. Hammond, John R. Peters, Jr., Henry J. Read, New Orleans, La., for the M/V George Prince.

Nigel Rafferty, New Orleans, La., for Southern American Insurance Co.

Donald Ensenat, New Orleans, La., for Department of Highways, State of Louisiana.

Francis J. Mooney, Jr., New Orleans, La., for New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association and Nicholas F. Columbo.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

OPINION WITH RESPECT TO MOTION TO DISMISS CLAIMS AGAINST THE SUCCESSION OF EGIDIO PAUL AULETTO

The present motion to dismiss claims against the succession of Egidio Paul Auletto raises the issue: Does a wrongful death action under the general maritime law, founded on the decision in Moragne v. States Marine Lines, 1970, 398 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 26 L.Ed.2d 339, or a survival action...

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