VAZ BORRALHO v. KEYDRIL CO.

No. 81-2436 Summary Calendar.

696 F.2d 379 (1983)

Maria Arlete VAZ BORRALHO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KEYDRIL COMPANY, Key International Drilling Company, Ltd. and Key Perfuracoes Maritimas, Ltda., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton Musslewhite, Robert A. Chaffin, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ted C. Litton, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a wrongful death action brought by the appellants under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime law of the United States, and alternatively under the Death on High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761, and the Texas Wrongful Death Statute, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4671. Appellants are the survivors of a Brazilian seaman who died as a result of injuries sustained on board a submersible...

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