LAMPSIS NAVIGATION LTD. v. ORTIZ de CORTES

No. 1118, Docket 81-7929.

694 F.2d 934 (1982)

LAMPSIS NAVIGATION LTD., As Owner of the "DROSIA," Plaintiff-Appellee, v. In a Cause of Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, Eva ORTIZ de CORTES, personal representative of the Estate of Jesus Maria Cortes Lobaton, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Katz, New York City (Phillips & Cappiello, New York City), for appellant.

Edward Cuddy, New York City (Poles, Tublin, Patestides & Stratakis, Theodore P. Daly, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and WARD, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Eva Ortiz de Cortes ("Mrs. Lobaton"), widow and personal representative of her deceased husband, Jesus Maria Lobaton, appeals from an order of summary judgment dated September 1, 1978, entered by Judge Owen in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing her wrongful death claim under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq. (1976), and related maritime laws.

We affirm.

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