GRANTHAM v. QUINN MENHADEN FISHERIES, INC.

No. 9764.

344 F.2d 590 (1965)

James E. GRANTHAM, Sr., as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of James E. Grantham, Jr., Deceased, Appellee, v. The QUINN MENHADEN FISHERIES, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Allston Moore, Jr., and Harold A. Mouzon, Charleston, S. C., (Moore, Mouzon & McGee, Charleston, S. C., on the brief) for appellant.

A. Arthur Rosenblum and Harvey M. Spar, Charleston, S. C., for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and HUTCHESON, District Judge.


J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

This suit in admiralty resulted from the death by drowning of James E. Grantham, Jr., a member of the crew of the REDWING, a fishing vessel owned and operated by the respondent. It was conceded that the deceased met his death in the course of his employment. The case was tried before the district court sitting without a jury, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff was entered.

On the morning of July 7, 1959, the REDWING put...

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