ROLLINS v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUC.

Civ. A. No. 88-0482P.

761 F.Supp. 933 (1991)

Philip A. ROLLINS, as the personal representative of the Estate of Alison Rollins and Priscilla Rollins, individually, Plaintiffs, v. The BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION; Peterson Builders, Inc., and the United States of America, Defendants, v. JOHN W. GILBERT ASSOCIATES, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

March 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Walsh, Jr., Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Howard E. Walker, Hinckley, Allen, Snyder & Comen, Providence, R.I., for Peterson Builders, Inc.

Irving A. Pianin, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Suzanne G. Curt, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., for U.S.

Berndt W. Anderson, Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce, Providence, R.I., Louis Saccoccio, Mary Kennard, Gen. Counsel, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., for Bd. of Governors.

Barbara S. Cohen, Goldenberg & Muri, Providence, R.I., Augustus F. Wagner, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Hyannis, Mass., Leonard W. Langer, Marshall J. Tinkle, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, Portland, Me., for John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

As I have recited on several occasions, this is an action brought by the parents of Alison Rollins under the Jones Act for negligence against the Board of Governors of Higher Education, under general maritime law, the Public Vessels Act and the Suits in Admiralty Act against the United States and under the general maritime and products liability law against Peterson Builders, Inc. Alison Rollins, the plaintiffs...

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