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CARLTON v. M/G TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

No. 81-5604.

698 F.2d 846 (1983)

Gary Lynn CARLTON, Administrator of the Estate of Guy Morris Carlton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/G TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. and M/V FOREMOST, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith L. Lawrence (argued), Andrew M. Stern, Covington, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Scott Miller, Jr. (argued), Miller & Miller, Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Circuit Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff in this case is the administrator of the estate of a deceased seaman who was chief engineer aboard the M/V Foremost owned by M/G Transport. After Carlton's death at night as a result of a heart attack, the administrator filed his suit under the Jones Act and it was heard before District Judge Johnstone and a jury. At the end of the presentation of evidence, however, Judge Johnstone granted a directed verdict on the basis of the following analysis...

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