CRAWFORD v. COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING CO., INC.

No. 91-0154L.

14 F.Supp.2d 202 (1998)

Gladys Ray CRAWFORD, Individually and as Mother and next friend of Brandi Crawford, a minor, and in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of William Crawford, Plaintiff, v. COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC., Hawco Manufacturing Co., Stateline Scrap Co., Inc., River Consulting, Inc., International Longshoremen's Association Local 1329, John J. Orr & Son, Inc., Upper City Electric Company, and Harbour & Port Contractors, Inc., Defendants. COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING CO., INC., and River Consulting, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs v. JOHN J. ORR & SONS, INC., Upper City Electric Company, Harbour & Port Contractors, Inc., London and Hull Maritime Insurance Co., Ltd. and AXA Global Risk (UK) Ltd., Third-Party Defendants. LONDON AND HULL MARITIME INSURANCE CO., LTD., and AXA Global Risk (UK) Ltd., Fourth-Party Plaintiffs, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE, CO., and American Home Assurance Company, Fourth-Party Defendants

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

July 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Woodbine, Pearlman & Vogel, Providence, Michael J. Samanie, Herbert W. Barnes, David B. Allen, Samanie, Barnes & Allen, Hauma, LA, for Plaintiffs.

Howard E. Walker, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Providence, RI, for Defendant Cooper/T. Smith.

Raymond A. LaFazia, Gunning LaFazia & Gnys, Providence, RI, for Defendant Hawco Manufacturing.

Paul V. Reynolds, Boyer, Reynolds & DeMarco, Providence, RI, for Defendant State Line Scrap.

Peter J. Comerford, Nadeau Gavin & Simmons P.C., Providence, RI, for Defendant John J. Orr & Sons, Inc.

John W. Kershaw, Rice Dolan & Kershaw, Providence, RI, for Defendant Upper City Electric.

Howard A. Merten, Vetter & White, Inc., Providence, Brendan J. Malley, Mendes & Mount, New York, NY, for Defendant AXA Global Risks, f/k/a London and Hull Ins. Co.

C. Russell Bengtson, Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, Providence, Thomas E. Loehn, Boggs, Loehn & Rodriquez, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant River Consulting and St. Paul Fire Ins.

Richard P. McMahon, McMahon & McMahon, Providence, John M. Woods, Gerald J. Ferguson, William S. Presti, Thacher, Proffit & Wood, New York, NY, for Harbour & Port.

A. Lauriston Parks, Hanson Curran Parks & Whitman, Providence, RI, John T. Lillis, Jr., Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English, New York, NY, for Defendant American Home Assurance.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on three outstanding motions relating to the underlying wrongful death claim brought by Gladys Ray Crawford, a resident of Mississippi, ("plaintiff") on behalf of herself and Brandi Crawford, her minor child, for the death of her husband, William Crawford against Cooper/T.Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc., a Louisiana corporation, ("Cooper/T.Smith"), Hawco Manufacturing Co., of Lousiana...

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