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BOWEN v. SEAWARD DREDGING CORPORATION

No. 69-539.

242 So.2d 151 (1970)

Vela H. BOWEN, As Administratrix of the Estate of Edgar Wright Bowen, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v. SEAWARD DREDGING CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frates, Fay, Floyd & Pearson and L. Edward McClellan, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Fowler, White, Humkey, Burnett, Hurley & Banick and William C. Norwood, Miami, for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, BARKDULL and HENDRY, JJ.

HENDRY, Judge.

Edgar Wright Bowen, Jr. ("decedent") was injured on October 14, 1964, by a fall through a hatch on board the vessel "Trident" on which he was working. Appellee-defendant Seaward Dredging Corporation ("Owner") owned the "Trident", a dredge. Decedent-Bowen filed a complaint for personal injuries, but on December 8, 1966, about two years after the accident, he committed suicide.

After his death, the present appellant ("Administratrix") was substituted...

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