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NYGAARD v. PETER PAN SEAFOODS, INC.

No. 81-3472.

701 F.2d 77 (1983)

Beverly NYGAARD, as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Clyde Sullivan, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETER PAN SEAFOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moshe Judah Genauer, Weckworth, Barer & Meyer, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Katherine M. Peters, Michael H. Williamson, Madden, Poliak, MacDougall & Williamson, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought in the district court on behalf of the decedent's estate and his son, Michael Sullivan, Jr. (Mike Jr.), for the death of Michael Sullivan, Sr., a seaman lost from appellee Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.'s fishing vessel F/V SEVEN SEAS in the Bering Sea. Jurisdiction was based on the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 761-768, the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law.

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