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Michael Castaneda
Santa Ana, CA — A “settlement agreement” has been reached by the parties — plaintiffs and defendants — in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the surviving family members of a fisherman, Michael Castaneda, who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel, Cape Ferrat, while it was docked in Pago...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the surviving family members of a fisherman who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel docked in Pago Pago and drowned.
This time, the lawsuit is filed with the Washington State county Superior Court, against only...
Pago Pago, AAMERICAN SAMOA — The wrongful death lawsuit brought on by surviving members of a fisherman who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel docked in Pago Pago and drowned, is far from over in the federal courts.
Last month, US District Court, Philip S. Gutierrez of the federal court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in California has ruled that the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction to hear a wrongful death lawsuit brought by surviving members of a fisherman who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel docked in Pago Pago and drowned.
With that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa would be an inadequate forum” to hear claims under the federal Jones Act by relatives of a US seaman who died in the territory, because the “High Court of American Samoa does not conduct jury trials in civil actions,” declared attorneys for plaintiffs in...
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
Two similar but separate wrongful death lawsuits are pending before the High Court of American Samoa and the federal court in Santa Ana, California in connection with the death of the captain of a US fishing vessel, which was docked at the cannery side...