BOYKIN v. BERGESEN D.Y. A/S

Civ. A. No. 2:92cv391.

822 F.Supp. 324 (1993)

Volpe M. BOYKIN, Administrator of the Estate of Denzil J. Pereira, Plaintiff, v. BERGESEN D.Y. A/S, China Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel Mining Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Breit, Breit, Drescher & Breit, Norfolk, VA, for plaintiff Boykin.

D. Arthur Kelsey, Andrew Jackson Timms, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, for Bergesen D.Y. A/S.

Morton H. Clark, Carter T. Gunn, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for China Steel Corp.

Morton H. Clark, Carter T. Gunn, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, William R. Hawkins, John F. Wilson, USX Corp./U.S. Steel Group, Law Dept., Pittsburg, PA, for U.S. Steel Mining Co.


OPINION AND ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the motion of plaintiff Volpe M. Boykin for leave to supplement his complaint to include a general maritime law survival claim for compensatory and punitive damages against defendant U.S. Steel Mining Co., Inc. ("USSM"). The court has received the parties' briefs and heard oral arguments on this issue. Accordingly, the matter is now ripe for disposition.

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