WILLIAMSON v. WESTERN-PACIFIC DREDGING CORPORATION

Civ. No. 68-174.

304 F.Supp. 509 (1969)

Judith Barbara WILLIAMSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Joel Dwaine Williamson, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. WESTERN-PACIFIC DREDGING CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation, Defendant. WESTERN-PACIFIC DREDGING CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Don L. FERGUSON and Portland Seattle Freight Lines, a California corporation, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

August 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Evans, Jr., and William D. Peek, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

Lloyd W. Weisensee, Gray, Fredrickson & Heath, Portland, Or., for defendant Western Pacific.

John Gordon Gearin, Portland, Or., for third-party defendant Ferguson.

Duane Vergeer, Vergeer, Samuels, Roehr & Sweek, Portland, Or., for third-party defendant Portland Seattle Freight Lines.


FINDINGS AND OPINION

KILKENNY, District Judge:

This action grows out of an automobile accident between a vehicle driven by third party defendant Ferguson and a truck operated by Portland Seattle Freight Lines. Two counts are involved, (1) maintenance and cure, and (2) damages for wrongful death under the Jones Act.

The accident occurred on December 21, 1967, in Clark County, Washington. Western-Pacific denies liability for maintenance and cure and...

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