Agnes Bergen v. F/v St. Patrick

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866 F.2d 318·1989 WL 6897·1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 2784
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 2, 198986-3900California335 words

Opinion

Opinion

ORDER

The appellee’s petition for rehearing of this case asked in part that we reconsider our reversal of the award of damages for parental loss of services. We stated in our opinion filed May 7, 1987 that there was no evidence in the record to support that award for any of the appellees other than the Stigalls. Bergen v. F/V/St. Patrick, 816 F.2d 1345, 1350 (9th Cir.1987). We said:

816 F.2d 1345 , 1350 (9th Cir.1987). On rehearing, the appellees maintained, however, that certain deposition evidence had been considered by the district court and provided support for the findings of dependency and services with respect to the parents other than the Stigalls. Appellant disputed appellees’ contention that the district court considered such depositions.

The record on appeal indicated that the district court may have considered deposition evidence in support of the claims, but was not clear on the point. We therefore granted a limited remand of the case in order to permit the district court to amplify its findings with regard to dependency and services.

The district court has now done so, and on the basis of the district court’s supplemental findings and the supplemental mem-oranda…

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