WILSON v. OHIO RIVER COMPANY

Civ. No. 62-445.

211 F.Supp. 666 (1962)

Lyndell WILSON, Plaintiff, v. The OHIO RIVER COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Harold R. Schmidt, of Rose, Houston, Cooper & Schmidt, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


MARSH, District Judge.

This action was commenced, pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, on June 12, 1962, in the Western District of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, by plaintiff, a maid aboard the defendant's vessel M/V Bob Benner, to recover for injuries sustained in a fall down a flight of stairs in the vessel. A second count claims maintenance and cure under the admiralty laws.

The cause of action arose on or about September 16, 1961, while the...

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