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TRIDENT MARINE, INC. v. M/V ATTICOS

Nos. 93-1018, 93-1070 and 93-3116.

876 F.Supp. 832 (1994)

TRIDENT MARINE, INC. et al. v. M/V ATTICOS.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

December 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Francis Fay, Jr., Alexander N. Breckinridge, IV, Machale Andrew Miller, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller, Breckinridge & Saporito, New Orleans, LA, for Trident Marine Inc.

Randolph J. Waits, James A. Cobb, Jr., John F. Emmett, John Frederick Kessenich, Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Kessenich, P.C., New Orleans, LA, for Poseidon Compania Naviera S.A.

Scott Eric Silbert, Silbert & Garon, New Orleans, LA, for Scott E. Silbert, Lombard & Silbert.

Robert T. Myers, Young, Richaud, Theard & Myers, New Orleans, LA, for Gerald A. McGill, Peter McDavid, McGill & McDavid P.A.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DUVAL, District Judge.

Poseidon's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the issue of loss of society damages presents a controversial admiralty issue the bench has faced with regularity recently: May a Jones Act plaintiff recover nonpecuniary damages from a nonemployer third-party tortfeasor for negligence under the general maritime law after Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.?

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