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MILLER v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. NORWAY

529 A.2d 263 (1987)

Creighton E. MILLER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY NORWAY, Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: May 1, 1987.

Filed: May 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Quillen (argued), Peter M. Sieglaff and Kent A. Jordan of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, and Leonard C. Jaques of The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, Mich., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Bruce M. Stargatt (argued), Frederick W. Iobst and William D. Johnson of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, and Kenneth E. Rogers and Karen H. Brand of Phillips Petroleum Co., Houston, Tex., of counsel, for defendant.

BABIARZ, Judge.

The Alexander L. Kielland [the Kielland], a semi-submersible drilling rig, capsized in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea on March 27, 1980. Of the 212 people on board, 123 died. The plaintiffs in this action are 72 of the survivors and the administrator of the estates of 95 of the deceased. The defendant here is Phillips Petroleum Company Norway [Phillips Norway] which at the time of the incident was a...

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