1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 612 F.2d
  5. 612 F.2d 215 (1980)
 

SMITH v. ITHACA CORP.

No. 77-1601.

612 F.2d 215 (1980)

Delores Alston SMITH, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ITHACA CORPORATION and Texas City Tankers Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Cheavens, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Alan Epstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, HILL, and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Delores Alston Smith initiated this admiralty suit under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 761-768 [DOHSA], the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law to recover for the wrongful death of her husband, merchant seaman Rufus Eddie Smith.1 Rufus Smith suffered a fatal heart attack caused by a coronary occlusion on January 25, 1972, two days after being discharged from the crew...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases