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De COELHO v. SEABOARD SHIPPING CORP.

Civ. No. 74-0562.

535 F.Supp. 629 (1982)

Olga Rivera Vda. De COELHO; Joseph M. Coelho, Jr.; Mary L. Bickston; and Lydia Comstock in her representative capacity as mother with patria potestas of her minor children Thomas M. Coelho and John R. Coelho, Plaintiffs, v. SEABOARD SHIPPING CORPORATION; Moran Towing Corporation; Union Carbide Caribe, Inc.; Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc.; S.S. T/B Chemical No. 1, her engines, boilers, machinery, appurtenances, furniture and equipment; ABC Insurance Company; DEF Insurance Company; GHI Insurance Company; JKL Insurance Company; XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi, Feldstein, Gelpi, Hernández & Castillo, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Charles A. Cordero, San Juan, P. R., for Union Carbide.

Eli B. Arroyo, San Juan, P. R., for defendant Phillips P. R. Core.

A. M. Bird, San Juan, P. R., for defendant Seaboard.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty stemming from the death of seaman Joseph M. Coelho on May 15, 1973 in the territorial waters of Puerto Rico. His widow and children filed this in personam action under general mari-time law and Article 1802 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, P.R. Laws Ann., Tit. 31 Sec. 5141, against Seaboard Shipping Corporation ("Seaboard"), Moran Towing Corporation, Union...

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