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ORONA v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY

204 F.Supp. 777 (1962)

Angela ORONA, as Administratrix de bonis non of the Estate of Santiago Orona, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, Inc., and United Mail Steamship Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 3, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Schmukler, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff; Jacob Rassner, New York City, of counsel.

Stapleton, Flynn & Lilly, New York City, for defendants; Daniel Flynn, Robert G. Farrell, New York City, of counsel.

Kenneth Heller, New York City, amicus curiae on behalf of the infant.

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Santiago Orona committed suicide aboard the s/s Cape Cod, on which he was employed as a bedroom steward, by drinking creosote, a disinfectant, while confined to the ship's hospital. This action is brought against the operator of the vessel under the Jones Act1 to recover damages for the benefit of his widow and a natural son; damages are also sought for conscious pain and suffering of the decedent.

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