CHROMY v. LAWRANCE

Docket No. B050102.

233 Cal.App.3d 1521 (1991)

285 Cal. Rptr. 400

ANTHONY J. CHROMY, as Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHARLES LAWRANCE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

September 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Duke L. Peters for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richard G. Flanagan, L.E. Schweiner, Kehr, Kruse & Crook, George D. Crook and Judy London for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

YEGAN, J.

Anthony J. Chromy, administrator of the Estate of Ronald Allan Chromy, appeals from a defense judgment after a jury rejected his maritime wrongful death and survivor claims based on the Death on the High Seas Act (46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq.; DOHSA). We vacate the judgment and order the action dismissed because the trial court had no subject matter jurisdiction to try either claim. We reject appellant's argument...

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