FITZGERALD v. LIBERIAN S/T CHRYSSI P. GOULANDRIS

No. 77-1178.

582 F.2d 312 (1978)

Thomas I. FITZGERALD, Public Administrator of the County of New York, State of New York, Administrator of the Estate of Constantinos S. Kapsis, Deceased, Appellant, v. LIBERIAN S/T CHRYSSI P. GOULANDRIS, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., and Andros Compania Maritima, S. A., Norfolk House, Frederick Street, Nassau, Bahamas, Andros Maritime Company Limited, Norfolk House, Frederick Street, Nassau, Bahamas, Pacific Oil Carriers Corp., a Liberian Corporation or association, and Orion & Global Chartering Co., Inc., a New York Corporation or association as owners and/or operators of the LIBERIAN S/T CHRYSSI P. GOULANDRIS, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va. (Herbert Lebovici, New York City, on brief), for appellant.

John R. Crumpler, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On May 24, 1974, Constantinos S. Kapsis, a Greek seaman, signed in Greece a contract under which he received in Greece a payment of $141 and agreed to proceed to the United States to sign on board the Liberian S/T Chryssi P. Goulandris. Five days later, May 29, in Norfolk, Virginia, Kapsis signed articles for the Chryssi P. Goulandris, and went on board. As determined by the district court, the following is the chronology of Kapsis' service aboard the...

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