MATTER OF COMPLAINT OF BANKERS TRUST CO. v. CHATTERJEE

No. 80-1338.

636 F.2d 37 (1980)

In the Matter of The COMPLAINT OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY as Owner-Trustee and Monsanto Company as Chartered Owner, and Keystone Shipping Co. as Chartered Owner and Operator of the S.S. EDGAR M. QUEENY, for Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability and Villaneuva Compania Naviera, S. A., Amoco Overseas Oil Company and Amoco Transport Company, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, General Electric Company, and The William Powell Company, Third-Party Defendants, Prava CHATTERJEE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Lore (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

James F. Young, Peter Hansen Bach (argued), Krusen Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge, and MEANOR, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Mrs. Prava Chatterjee appeals from the district court's denial of her petition to vacate and set aside a settlement and release of her claim relating to her son's maritime death.

I.

Pratik Chatterjee, an Indian crewmember of the S.S. CORINTHOS, was killed on January 31, 1975, when the CORINTHOS exploded after being struck by the S.S. EDGAR M. QUEENY. Within one week of the accident, counsel for the QUEENY...

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