Davis v. Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc.

27 F.3d 426 1994 A.M.C. 2587 Robert DAVIS Sr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Davis Jr.; Janice Schneider, Personal Representative of the Estate of Matthew Schneider; and John Bauer, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Dieterich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BENDER SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-36826. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 31, 1994. Decided June 21, 1994. James M. Beard, and John G. Cooper, Stafford, Frey, Cooper & Stewart, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Brian P. McCarthy, Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, AL, and Arden E. Page, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, James K. Singleton, District Judge, Presiding. Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal by the estates of seamen who drowned in the Bering Sea after becoming trapped in the hull of a sinking vessel. The estates seek to recover damages for lost future earnings from the ship's builder, Appellee Bender Shipbuilding, under…