WALLIS v. PRINCESS CRUISES, INC.

No. 01-56700.

306 F.3d 827 (2002)

Bobbie Jo WALLIS, in her individual capacity as Administrator of the Estate and Personal Representative of Joel Anderson Wallis, Deceased, for the benefit of Ervin B. Wallis, Helen Wallis, Joel Shannon Wallis, Stacy Trent Wallis, Jolie Amanda Wallis and Vallie Jo Wallis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCESS CRUISES, INC.; Fairlane Shipping International Corporation, Ltd.; Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin M. Tatum and Christiane E. Cargill, Wright Robinson Osthimer & Tatum, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Elsa M. Ward, Lawrence W. Kaye, Kaye, Rose & Partners, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before FERNANDEZ, WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Bobbie Jo Wallis brought an action against defendants Princess Cruises, Inc., and others for damages based on the death of her husband, who drowned off the coast of Greece after falling in an undetermined manner from defendants' cruise ship. The district court granted defendants' motions for summary judgment, with the exception of plaintiff's Death on the High Seas Act ("DOHSA") claim, and granted defendants' motion for...

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