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WHITAKER v. BLIDBERG ROTHCHILD COMPANY

No. 8449.

296 F.2d 554 (1961)

Mrs. Lucy Turner WHITAKER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Willie Turner, Deceased, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. BLIDBERG ROTHCHILD COMPANY, Inc., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Robert M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va., (Harry E. McCoy, and Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and NORTHROP, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

While serving as a member of the crew of the S. S. Southport, Willie Turner, a 34 year old seaman, disappeared at sea on February 15, 1959. His mother, Mrs. Lucy Turner Whitaker, as administratrix of the decedent's estate, brought suit on behalf of herself and the maternal grandparents against the vessel and the owners. However, no evidence of dependency was offered as to the latter.

The parties are in agreement that Turner met his death by suicide...

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