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IN RE MERRY QUEEN TRANSFER CORP.

No. 20622.

266 F.Supp. 605 (1967)

In the Matter of The Petition of MERRY QUEEN TRANSFER CORP., as owner of the TANKSHIP VAL-T for exoneration from or limitation of liability. MERRY QUEEN TRANSFER CORP., Petitioner-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Amelia O'ROURKE, Claimant-Appellant, Katherine O'Rourke, Claimant and Cross-Appellee.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

April 5, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope, New York City, for petitioner; Edwin Longcope, Constantine P. Georgiopoulos, New York City, of counsel.

O'Dwyer & Bernstien, New York City, for claimant infant children; Howard N. Meyer, New York City, of counsel.

BARTELS, District Judge.

In this proceeding the petitioner sought to exonerate or limit its liability as owner of the tankship Val-T by reason of a claim for the wrongful death of Thomas P. O'Rourke, who was killed in a collision when the petitioner's vessel struck a water taxi in charge of the decedent. The claimants, infant children of the deceased, obtained a final decree in their favor under the New York wrongful death statute (Section 132 of the Decedent Estate...

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