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SISTRUNK v. CIRCLE BAR DRILLING CO.

No. 84-3671.

770 F.2d 455 (1985)

Karen SISTRUNK, Individually and As Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Glenn Sistrunk, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CIRCLE BAR DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Sonya SISTRUNK, Individually and As Administratrix of the Estate of David Brian Sistrunk, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CIRCLE BAR DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Betty Mae RUTLAND, Individually and As Independent Executrix and Representative of the Estate of Clifford Rutland, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CIRCLE BAR DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Margot Mazeau, Michael H. Bagot, Jr., C. Theodore Alpaugh, III, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Kierr, Gainsburg, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, Gerald E. Meunier, New Orleans, La., for Sistrunk, et al.

Before GOLDBERG, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 7, 1985.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether parents of seamen can recover nonpecuniary damages in a cause of action under general maritime law for wrongful death where the seamen were killed in territorial waters and were survived by spouses and/or children. The district court held that the parents could recover. We reverse.

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On August 8, 1980, Circle...

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