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MERRY SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. v. SPARKS

62406, 62407.

160 Ga. App. 376 (1981)

287 S.E.2d 92

MERRY SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. v. SPARKS; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Randall K. Bart, for appellant.

Charles R. Ashman, Ralph R. Lorberbaum, for appellee.

BIRDSONG, Judge.

Captain James Otis Sparks went down with his barge, the "Royal Lady," when it sank in Port Royal Sound at approximately 3:15 a. m. on January 9, 1978, in freezing water and rough weather. Appellee Mildred Elaine Sparks filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Chatham County as personal representative of the estate of James Otis Sparks under the Jones Act (46 U. S. C. § 688), for damages arising...

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