PUB. ADM'R OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK v. BRASILEIRA


161 A.D.2d 286 (1990)

Public Administrator of the County of New York, as Administrator of The Estates of Famuel Dias De Souza and Others, Deceased, Respondent, v. Frota Oceanica Brasileira, S. A., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 8, 1990


In this consolidated action, defendants (except defendant Ossa) sought to depose the widows of various Uruguayan seamen whose estates, represented by the Public Administrator, commenced actions in New York County seeking damages under, inter alia, the Jones Act (45 USC Appendix § 688) and the general maritime law of the United States. In view of the presence of the various widows in Uruguay, and the attendant hardship that would result from requiring them to be...

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