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RIGDON v. BELCHER TOWING COMPANY

No. 82-2490.

435 So.2d 939 (1983)

Robert RIGDON and Betty Rigdon, Appellants, v. BELCHER TOWING COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden & Milliken and John D. Kallen, Miami, for appellants.

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and William C. Norwood, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

We affirm the trial court's dismissal of Rigdon's claim alleging common law negligence occurring during the course of Rigdon's employment on one of Belcher's tugs. It is well settled that under general maritime law, a seaman has no common law right of recovery for the negligence of vessel owners or crew members. The Osceola, 189 U.S. 158, 47 L.Ed. 760, 23 S.Ct. 483, 47 L.Ed. 760 (1903). The Jones Act, 46 U.S.C...

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