LUCKETT v. CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING CO.

No. 79-1381.

649 F.2d 441 (1981)

Amy LUCKETT, Widow of Jerry Preston Luckett, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Kelly, Kelly & Dearing, Dyersburg, Tenn., William C. Bateman, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry T. V. Miller, McDonald, Kuhn, Smith, Gandy, Miller & Tait, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before WEICK and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Amy Luckett, brought suit in the district court under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1976), and the General Maritime Law of the United States to recover for fatal injuries sustained by her husband, Jerry Luckett, in the course of his employment by the defendant, Continental Engineering Company. The district judge entered summary judgment for Continental, holding that the deceased was not a "seaman" within the meaning of the Jones...

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