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IN RE DOUBLE D DREDGING COMPANY

No. 72-1300 Summary Calendar.

467 F.2d 468 (1972)

In the Matter of DOUBLE D DREDGING COMPANY, Inc. as owner of an unnamed 12 dredge, nondescript work boat, etc. Sylvia Norton DEESE, Administratrix of the Estate of George William Norton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOUBLE D DREDGING COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Floyd Price, Bradenton, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Ralph, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

George William Norton drowned when he fell from a pontoon line while attempting to return from shore from an unnamed dredge owned by Appellee.1 His administratrix brought an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. The case was tried before a jury which found for the Defendant-Shipowner. Appellant complains that the issues of seaman status and navigability...

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