HELLER v. FROTA OCEANICA E AMAZONICA, S.A.

2008-01078.

81 A.D.3d 894 (2011)

KENNETH HELLER et al., Appellants, v. FROTA OCEANICA E AMAZONICA, S.A., as Successor to FROTA OCEANICA BRASILEIRA, S.A. et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided February 22, 2011.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

This action is related to a maintenance and cure action commenced by S.M. Pires and his wife Virginia (hereinafter together the Pireses) in 1976 against, among others, Frota Oceanica Brasileira, S.A., predecessor to Frota Oceanica E Amazonica, S.A. (hereinafter Frota), in the Supreme Court, New York County, to recover damages arising from injuries suffered by S.M. Pires while employed as a seaman (hereinafter the underlying...

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