PATERAKIS v. U.S.

No. 2:93cv159.

849 F.Supp. 1106 (1994)

Ioannis V. PATERAKIS, Georgios Pirovolakis, Medhat Aly Kotb, Maria Paterakis, Ekaterini Loyakis Paterakis, Aristides Paterakis, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

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

April 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Tucker, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, Stephen K. Carr, James H. Hohenstein, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Michael A. Rhine, Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, VA, David V. Hutchinson, Asst. Director, Peter F. Frost, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for defendant.


OPINION AND FINAL ORDER

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.

This admiralty action arises out of the collision between the Greek fishing vessel VASSILIOS I and the United States Navy's cruiser USS VIRGINIA on February 23, 1991, in the Straits of Andikithiron off the coast of Crete.

Plaintiffs are the owner and master of the fishing vessel, Ioannis Paterakis; crewmembers of the vessel, Georgios Pirovolakis and Medhat Aly Kotb; and the survivors...

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