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GARRIS v. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORP.

No. 98-2368.

210 F.3d 209 (2000)

Celestine GARRIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Garris, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION; E.T. Gresham, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John R. Crumpler, Jr., Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Robert Martin Tata, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Patrick H. O'Donnell, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Carl D. Gray, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee Norfolk Shipbuilding; Glen A. Huff, M. Todd Gerber, Huff, Poole & Mahoney, P.C., Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellee Gresham.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether we should construe or extend the United States Supreme Court's decision in Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 26 L.Ed.2d 339 (1970), which recognized a general maritime law cause of action for wrongful death based upon unseaworthiness, to include a general maritime law cause...

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