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SELLARS v. LOGAN TOWING COMPANY

No. 19294.

414 F.2d 852 (1969)

Barbara SELLARS, Administratrix of the Estate of James Walter Sellars, Deceased, Appellant, v. LOGAN TOWING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

August 1, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Hebert of Kierr & Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellant, Fountain D. Dawson, Greenville, Miss., and Oppenheimer, Hodgson, Brown, Wolff & Leach, Saint Paul, Minn., on the brief.

George A. Frilot, III, of Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for appellee, Nathan A. Cobb, of Richards, Montgomery, Cobb & Bassford, Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief.

Before BLACKMUN, MEHAFFY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the plaintiff, Barbara Sellars, as Administratrix of the estate of James Walter Sellars, deceased, under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688, and the General Maritime Law for damages accruing to the survivors of James Walter Sellers who, while engaged in his duties as a deckhand aboard the M/V HILMAN LOGAN, a towing vessel owned and operated by defendant, Logan Towing Company, Inc., lost his life by drowning. The...

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