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SMITH v. UNION OIL CO.

Docket No. 28427.

241 Cal.App.2d 338 (1966)

50 Cal. Rptr. 499

FRANCES ELAINE SMITH, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

April 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magana & Olney, Mitchell Levy, Horace C. Brown and Ellis J. Horvitz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lillick, Geary, McHose & Roethke, Lawrence D. Bradley, Jr., Thomas H. Werdel, Jr., and Anthony Liebig for Defendants and Respondents.

KINGSLEY, J.

Plaintiff is the widow of, and the administratrix of the estate of, Eldon W. Smith, a deep-sea diver who died as a result of an attack of the "bends" (caisson disease) suffered during a dive from an offshore oil drilling ship named the Submarex. The fatal dive took place on April 4, 1957, and Smith died the following day. The Submarex was owned, staffed and operated by defendant Louis N. Waterfall...

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