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SECURITY BARGE LINE, INC. v. McCRAY

No. 77-2543. Summary Calendar.

582 F.2d 13 (1978)

SECURITY BARGE LINE, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Maria Graciela McCRAY, Administratrix of the Estate of James Manly McCray, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Mansour, Stephen L. Thomas, Greenville, Miss., Hubert I. Binowitz, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Howard Dyer, III, Frank S. Thackston, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this admiralty case, Security Barge Line, Inc. sued the estate of its seaman employee, James Manly McCray, for damages to its vessel, the M/V Washington, caused by an engine room fire. The barge line alleged that McCray, who was killed in the blaze, negligently caused the fire. McCray's widow, as administratrix of his estate, counterclaimed against the barge line, claiming that the barge line's negligence and the unseaworthiness of its vessel caused...

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