AMENDED COMPLAINT RELATED BACK TO ORIGINAL COMPLAINT.
CREIGHTON E. MILLER, Administrator of the Estates of Juvenal J. Rezendes, Deceased (99-3703), Louie E. Hudson, Deceased (99-3705), Booker T.Pompey, Deceased (99-3707), Walter L. Bowman, Deceased (99-3708), William B.Birch, Jr. (99-3709), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN HEAVY LIFT SHIPPING, etal., Defendants-Appellees.
Nos. 99-3703/99-3705/99-3707/99-3708/99-3709
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
231 F.3d 242; 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 27440; 2000 FED App.0384P (6th Cir.)
June 21, 2000, Argued
November 3, 2000, Decided
November 3, 2000, Filed
OUTCOME: The decision was reversed because the amended claims arose out of the same conduct, transaction, or occurrence as the original claims. Defendants were allegedly liable for the same conduct -- negligently exposing the deceased seamen to toxins and failing to maintain seaworthiness of their vessels -- as originally alleged.
