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CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. LAUNEY

No. 24781.

403 F.2d 537 (1968)

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Angela Richard LAUNEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Allen Kimball, Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

Robert G. Hebert, New Orleans, La., Charles M. Thompson, Jr., Roger C. Sellers, Abbeville, La., for appellee.

Before GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

WILLIAM A. McRAE, Jr., District Judge:

Angela Richard Launey brought suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, against Cities Service Oil Company for the wrongful death of her husband Malcolm Launey, who became ill while serving as a member of the crew of Defendant's tanker SS Cities Service Baltimore, and died several days after the end of the voyage.

Plaintiff did not allege that decedent's heart attack was caused by Defendant, but rather the failure...

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