NOLAN v. GREENE

No. 17232.

383 F.2d 814 (1967)

Lucy Mae NOLAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Russell Nolan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. W. GREENE, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

September 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Wise, Louisville, Ky., for appellant, Robert F. Craven, Indianapolis, Ind., on brief.

Armer H. Mahan, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and PECK, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.


McRAE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, decedent's widow and administratrix, has appealed from an adverse judgment in her suit for wrongful death under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The decedent, Russell Nolan, was employed aboard the Martha E. Greene, vessel of the defendant R. W. Greene, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., when he drowned in the Ohio River as attempts to rescue him were being made.

Plaintiff alleges that her husband's death was due to defendant...

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