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Admiralty Law Keyed to Maraist
Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.
Citation:
498 U.S. 19, 111 S.Ct. 317, 112 L.Ed.2d 275, 1991 AMC 1 (1990)Facts
Ludwick Torregano was employed as a seaman aboard the vessel M/V Archon. On July 18, 1984, while the ship was docked in Vancouver, Washington, Torregano was repeatedly stabbed and killed by Clifford Melrose, a fellow crew member. Mercedel Miles, Torregano’s mother and the administratrix of his estate, filed suit against the vessel’s operators and owners, alleging negligence under the Jones Act for failing to prevent the assault and breach of the warranty of seaworthiness under general maritime law for hiring a crew member unfit to serve. Miles sought damages for loss of support and services, loss of society, punitive damages, and compensation for Torregano’s pain and suffering and lost future income. The jury found Apex negligent but not liable for unseaworthiness, awarding damages for loss of support and services and for pain and suffering, but not for loss of society since Miles was not financially dependent on her son.
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