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COOK v. ROSS ISLAND SAND AND GRAVEL CO.

No. 76-3625.

626 F.2d 746 (1980)

Bruce Edward COOK, Administrator of the Estate of Dennis Brian Cook, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROSS ISLAND SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY, an Oregon Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton Hess, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas F. Mortimer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, HUG and PECK, Circuit Judges.

JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Bruce Edward Cook, administrator of the Estate of Dennis Brian Cook, filed a wrongful death action in the district court under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and in accordance with general maritime law. The action was instituted following the death of Dennis Cook, an employee of defendant Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company who had drowned in the Columbia River on January 24, 1974. The action proceeded...

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