MILLER v. AMERICAN HEAVY LIFT SHIPPING

Nos. 99-3703, 99-3705, 99-3707, 99-3708, 99-3709.

231 F.3d 242 (2000)

Creighton E. MILLER, Administrator of the Estates of Juvenal J. Rezendes, Deceased (99-3703), Louie E. Hudson, Deceased (99-3705), Booker T. Pompey, Deceased (99-3707), Walter L. Bowman, Deceased (99-3708), William B. Birch, Jr. (99-3709), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN HEAVY LIFT SHIPPING, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Cardello (argued and briefed), Donald A. Krispin (briefed), The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, Michigan, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Harold W. Henderson (argued and briefed), Richard C. Binzley (briefed), Thompson Hine & Flory LLP, Cleveland, Ohio for Defendants-Appellees.

Gene B. George (briefed), Ray, Robinson, Carle & Davies, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 99-3708.

Before: MERRITT, GUY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MERRITT, J., joined. GUY, J. (pp. 252-53), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Creighton E. Miller is the administrator of the estates of five deceased seamen. In the years 1990-1992, Miller brought five separate actions against various shipowners and operators, alleging survival and wrongful death...

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