DUNN v. SOUTHERN CHARTERS, INC.

No. 78 C 298.

506 F.Supp. 564 (1981)

Martin DUNN and John Lynch, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN CHARTERS, INC., Norman Stern, Fairwind Yacht, Inc., William Farr, Hiller Range, Division of Seaward Products, Inc., Marine Trading International, a Division of Miller Yacht Sales, Inc., North Fork Shipyards, Inc., Defendants, and three consolidated actions, 78 C 427, 78 C 819, 79 C 1371.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan J. Stynes, Garden City, N. Y., for plaintiffs Dunn and Lynch.

Sidney Wolen, New York City, for plaintiff Irene McDermott.

Harvey O. Lazarowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiffs Robert and Lyvia Moll.

Stanley Posess, New York City, for plaintiff Emanuel Lorras.

Delson & Gordon by Frederick W. Meeker, New York City, for Defendant Seaward Products, Inc.

Crowe, McCoy, Agoglia, Fogarty & Zweibel by Steven J. London, Mineola, N. Y., for defendant North Fork Shipyard, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEAHER, District Judge.

These four consolidated actions in admiralty1 — three for personal injuries and one for wrongful death — arise from the accidental burning of a chartered vessel, the "Second Wind," off the Rhode Island coast on June 10, 1977. Plaintiffs have all alleged that the ship's alcohol stove burned out of control as a result of the...

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