Missing Westcott Crew Member's Family Sues Westcott ASSOCIATED PRESS The Detroit Free Press, Wednesday, October 31, 2001 Copyright 2001, The Detroit News The J.W. Westcott II went down in the Detroit River on Oct. 23. The body of Catherine Nasiatka, 48, of Algonac was recovered Monday, but deckhand Dave Lewis, 50, of Royal Oak, has not been found. Lewis's brother, Andrew Lewis, filed the $10-million federal lawsuit accusing the J.W. Westcott Co. of negligence, The Detroit News reported in a Wednesday story. Lewis and Nasiatka were not wearing life-jackets, while a pair of rescued Canadian freighter pilots were, said O'Bryan Baun Cohen, Lewis's attorney. "Those pilots coincidentally floated up to the surface and lived," Cohen said. "The investigation will probably reveal that Westcott never enforced any safety regulations." The J.W. Westcott sank as it was ferrying two freighter pilots to the 533-foot Norwegian fuel tanker Sidsel Knutsen. Cohen said they would likely sue the Norwegian tanker at a later date for its role in the sinking. The Westcott was hauled up from the Detroit River on Monday and taken to an Ecorse salvage facility. Paul Jagenow, a senior dispatcher for the J.W. Westcott Co., said he was unaware of the lawsuit. The Norwegian company could not be reached for comment.