ESCOBAR v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC.


175 A.D.2d 741 (1991)

Nery Escobar, Individually and on Behalf of Sergio Escobar, Jr., and Another, Infants, as Next of Kin of Sergio E. Escobar, Deceased, Respondent, v. Seatrain Lines, Inc., Appellant

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

August 22, 1991


This action arises from the death of a longshoreman engaged in maritime employment on board a vessel, on navigable waters, and so is governed by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 USC § 901 et seq.) and Federal maritime law (Tibak v City of New York, 154 A.D.2d 313, lv denied 75 N.Y.2d 705; Stuto v Coastal Dry Dock & Repair Corp., 153 A.D.2d 937

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