HUTCHISON v. PACIFIC-ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 13852.

217 F.2d 384 (1954)

Emma HUTCHISON, Administratrix of the Estate of Nathaneal Patrick Hutchison, deceased, Appellant, v. PACIFIC-ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP CO., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson & Wise, Long Beach, Cal., for appellant.

Lasher B. Gallagher, Los Angeles, Cal., and Sidney Wyse, Pasadena, Cal., for appellee.

Before MATHEWS and ORR, Circuit Judges and WIIG, District Judge.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, alleging two causes of action, the first seeking recovery for the pain and suffering alleged to have been endured by her deceased husband; the second for pecuniary loss to appellant for the alleged wrongful death of deceased, brought an action in the district court under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.

The trial was had before a jury. At the conclusion of the submission of the evidence the trial court...

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