Patricia Chew, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Daren Chew, Deceased and William Chew v. Bent Dietrich

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1998-04-01

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MARTIN, District Judge: When Daren Chew agreed to sail in a race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda as a member of the crew on a yacht owned by Bent Dietrich, the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution was no doubt the furthest thing from their minds. Yet, as a result of Chew’s tragic death on the return voyage and his parents’ subsequent suit against Dietrich, th…

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