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SMALLWOOD v. AMERICAN TRADING & TRANSP. CO.

No. C-92-0869 MHP.

839 F.Supp. 1377 (1993)

Doris SMALLWOOD and Marla Gladney-Smallwood, individually and as Joint Personal Representatives of the Estate of Lloyd C. Smallwood, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN TRADING & TRANSPORTATION CO., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Penrose, Schachter Kristoff Orenstein & Berkowitz, John R. Hillsman, McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, CA, for Doris Smallwood and Marla Gladney-Smallwood.

David W. Condeff, Brian Dalrymple, Lillick & Charles, San Francisco, CA, for American Trading & Transp. Co.

Stanley L. Gibson, Caryn Bortnick, Neil E. Olson, Derby Cook Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, CA, for Pacific Chemical Lab.

Frank B. Hugg, Jeanne M. Bates, San Francisco, CA, for Legion Ins. Co.

OPINION

PATEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Doris Smallwood and Marla Gladney-Smallwood, on behalf of various alleged heirs and dependents, bring this action for the alleged wrongful death of Lloyd C. Smallwood. Mr. Smallwood was a professional welder who ignited a high pressure hydraulic gas line while working on an oil tanker and died in the ensuing fire. Plaintiffs bring this action under the general maritime law as modified by section 5(b) of the Longshore...

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