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PERRY v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION

No. 18444.

434 F.2d 235 (1970)

Ellen PERRY, Administratrix of the Estate of William Perry, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Robert S. Garrett, Egler, McGregor & Reinstadtler, Frederick N. Egler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, FREEDMAN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action under the Jones Act1 for the death of decedent due to the alleged negligence of the defendant. Decedent was a seaman employed for many years as a deckhand aboard various river vessels of the defendant. The claim was that the defendant knowing that decedent suffered from heart and lung ailments sustained in the service of its vessels, negligently failed...

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