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MORVANT v. CONST. AGGREGATES CORP.

No. 76-2052.

570 F.2d 626 (1978)

Lena V. MORVANT, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Issac Funderburk, Funderburk, Conque & Doucet, Durwood W. Conque, Abbeville, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert A. Lanier, Farris, Hancock, Gilman, Branan & Lanier, Henry H. Hancock, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and KEITH, Circuit Judges.

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Michael J. Morvant drowned in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, on March 8, 1975, when the tugboat Marco, of which he was skipper, capsized and sank, trapping him in the pilothouse.

Morvant's widow, on behalf of herself and their three minor children and as administratrix of his estate, brought an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1970), and under the general...

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