DIXON v. SERODINO, INC.

No. 15358.

331 F.2d 668 (1964)

Anna Marie DIXON, Administratrix of Estate of Oscar Theodore Dixon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SERODINO, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Moore, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., Moore & Wild, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel, for appellant.

Sizer Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., F. Thornton Strang, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief; Strang, Fletcher, Carriger & Walker, Sizer Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel, for appellees.

Before O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER and MAGRUDER, Senior Circuit Judges.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Anna Marie Dixon, is the widow and administratrix of the estate of Oscar Theodore Dixon, who was fatally injured when he fell through an open hatch on a barge. He was a seaman, employed by defendant-appellee Serodino, Inc., the owner of a motor vessel, Midwestern, plying the Mississippi in its barge commerce. The fatal accident occurred June 16, 1961. Action was brought for wrongful death under the Jones Act, Title 46...

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