MILES v. APEX MARINE CORP.

No. 89-1158.

498 U.S. 19 (1990)

MILES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF TORREGANO v. APEX MARINE CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided November 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allain F. Hardin argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was A. Remy Fransen, Jr.

Gerard T. Gelpi argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Randall C. Coleman III, C. Gordon Starling, Jr., and Graydon S. Staring.


JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

We decide whether the parent of a seaman who died from injuries incurred aboard respondents' vessel may recover under general maritime law for loss of society, and whether a claim for the seaman's lost future earnings survives his death.

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Ludwick Torregano was a seaman aboard the vessel M/V Archon. On the evening of July 18, 1984, Clifford Melrose, a fellow crew member, stabbed Torregano...

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