COLON v. GULF TRADING CO.

No. Civ. 79-2348CC.

609 F.Supp. 1469 (1985)

Felipe COLON, Carmen Quiñones De Colon and Wilfredo Colon, Plaintiffs, v. GULF TRADING CO., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. FARRELL LINES, INC. and Prudential Lines, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

May 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for plaintiffs.

Antonio M. Bird, Jr., San Juan, Puerto Rico, for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

J. Ramón Rivera-Morales, Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for third-party defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty and under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. Section 688, by a former seaman who seeks redress for an asbestosis condition he allegedly contracted while working aboard the SS GULF DEER, a Gulf Trading Co. (Gulf) vessel. A prior ruling allowed plaintiff to amend his complaint to include as damages the loss of society of his spouse and son and to allege that the action against Gulf was not barred...

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