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CHARLES v. WEST INDIES TRANSPORT

Civ. No. 83-2610 GG.

631 F.Supp. 1023 (1986)

Jaishmatti J. CHARLES, etc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. WEST INDIES TRANSPORT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman, Santurce, P.R., for plaintiffs.

David C. Indiano, Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, P.R., for Charter Transport Lines, Inc. and Oceanic Operations Corporations.

OPINION AND ORDER

GIERBOLINI, District Judge.

This is an action for damages brought by plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of a deceased seaman and as his widow, against the owners, charterers, and/or operators of the motor vessel WIT SERVICE IV. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688.

Succinctly stated, the complaint alleges that defendants were negligent in providing decedent with an unseaworthy vessel. Conversely...

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