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ALI v. OFFSHORE CO.

No. 83-3621.

753 F.2d 1327 (1985)

Maureen ALI, personal representative of the Estate of Amin Ali, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The OFFSHORE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Theodora FRASER, personal representative of the Estate of Agustus Daniel Fraser, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The OFFSHORE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Silvestri, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael M. Christovich, W.K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for The Offshore Co.

Joel L. Borrello, New Orleans, La., for Amoco.

Ralph E. Smith, New Orleans, La., for Smatco and TBW.

Before GEE, REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in these actions, widows of citizens of Trinidad killed when an hydraulic winch malfunctioned aboard a mobile oil drilling vessel operating in national waters of Trinidad, brought actions for wrongful death against the ship's owners and operators and against the designers and manufacturers of the winch. The district court dismissed them. Its stated ground was lack of subject matter jurisdiction, although it conditioned dismissal...

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