FRASER v. SMITH

Nos. 08-10680, 08-11417 Non-Argument Calendar.

594 F.3d 842 (2010)

Charles E. FRASER, Estate of Charles E. Fraser, deceased, by and through its co-personal representatives Laura Lawton Stone Fraser and Charles A. Scarminach and Mary Wyman Stone Fraser, individually, Lawton Stone Fraser, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Samuel Arnal, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jerry SMITH, individually, a.k.a. Reliable Salvage and Towing, Inc., d.b.a. Wayward Boats, a.k.a. Wayward Marine, a.k.a. Wayward Vessels, a.k.a. New River Industries, a.k.a. New River Transport, a.k.a. Tow Boat US, Denys W. Bradley, Jr., individually, d.b.a. Belize Fiberglass Products, Defendants, J&B Tours, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Shalf, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steven E. Goldman, Goldman & Hellman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, BIRCH and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Charles Fraser died, and several of his family members suffered injuries, in a tragic explosion aboard the Sundance, a boat operated by J&B Tours in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Charles's estate and his injured relatives sued J&B Tours and several other defendants in the Southern District of Florida,1 asserting various common-law claims and a federal statutory claim under the Death on the High Seas...

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