BAILEY v. DOLPHIN INTERN., INC.

No. 82-2060 Summary Calendar.

697 F.2d 1268 (1983)

Bruce A. BAILEY, as special administrator for the estate of Joseph Roman Buenaflor, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOLPHIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Abraham, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ben L. Reynolds, Houston, Tex., for Union Oil Co. et al.

Jack Allbritton, Houston, Tex., for Dolphin Intern.

Stephen E. Ulrich, Houston, Tex., for Union Oil of Indonesia and Union Oil of Cal.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court conditionally dismissing a maritime wrongful death action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and alternatively, under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761, by appellants, the survivors of a Filipino permanent resident and citizen who was drowned off the coast of Balikpapan, Indonesia, when the Bali Dolphin, a nonself...

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