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BOYKIN v. CHINA STEEL CORP.

No. 94-1267.

73 F.3d 539 (1996)

Volpe M. BOYKIN, Administrator of the Estate of Denzil J. Pereira, Plaintiff, v. CHINA STEEL CORPORATION; United States Steel Mining Company, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants, Bergesen D.Y. A/S, Defendant-Appellee, and Wescol Shipping, Incorporated, t/a Lavino Shipping Agencies, Incorporated, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Timothy B. Dyk, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Appellants. D. Arthur Kelsey, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gregory G. Katsas, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC; Edward C. Schmidt, Richard P. Bress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Morton H. Clark, Carter T. Gunn, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Virginia; William R. Hawkins, J.F. Wilson, U.S. Steel Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. John E. Holoway, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Senior Judge CHAPMAN joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants China Steel Corporation and U.S. Steel Mining Company (defendants) appeal from a judgment against them in a maritime action brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 761-768, on behalf of Denzil Pereira, the captain, and four crew members, killed on October 27...

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