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EDWARDS v. GULF MISSISSIPPI MARINE CORP.

Civ. A. No. H-75-1345.

449 F.Supp. 1363 (1978)

Mrs. Dorothy EDWARDS, as personal representative of the Estate of Harry Edwards, A. W. Mixter, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of John Alfred Mixter, Audrey Yates, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Allen Reader, Bashir Ahmed, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Javed Ahmed, Fazal Elahi, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Javed Ahmed, and Fazal Elahi, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Ghdlam Sadiq v. GULF MISSISSIPPI MARINE CORP., Gulf Mississippi International, S. A., Gulf International Marine Corp., International Marine Service Inc., and Pott Industries, Inc.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

April 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Schechter, Schechter & Shelton, Inc., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

John K. Meyer, Hinds & Meyer, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER:

SINGLETON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this lawsuit are the personal representatives of five deceased persons who died when the "Glenda Guidry" sank approximately twenty-five miles off the coast of Iran on or about December 5, 1975. This action is maintained under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761, and general maritime law, against five corporate defendants: Pott Industries,...

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