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DRACOS v. HELLENIC LINES LTD.

No. 81-1870.

705 F.2d 1392 (1983)

Maria DRACOS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Nicholas Dracos, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HELLENIC LINES LIMITED, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avram G. Adler, Philadelphia, Pa. (Anne E. Fialkowski, Adler, Barish, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., John H. Klein, Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Carter B.S. Furr, W.L. Berkley, III, Norfolk, Va. (Jett, Agelasto, Berkley, Furr & Price, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and POTTER, District Judge.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents to us the principal issue of what, if any, collateral estoppel effect facts previously found which underlie the choice of law in a maritime tort action should have in resolving a similar choice of law issue in a later action. Also involved is whether there are sufficient American contacts to require a choice of the law of the United States. The district court refused to give collateral estoppel effect to prior cases and...

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