Latvian Shipping could be hit for nearly $1.6m over claims that hyperthermia led to the death of an engineer onboard one of its tankers in the US two years ago.
Charges including gross negligence and breach of contract have been levelled against the owner in the “wrongful death” case involving the 33,100-dwt chemical carrier Indra (built 1994).
The widow of Vasilis Gerasimenko is suing Riga-based Latvian, manager LSC Shipmanagement and nominal owner Cape Wind Trading over the death at Corpus Christi in August 2008.
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