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SHIPP v. WARRIOR & GULF NAV. CO.

83-456, 83-457.

456 So.2d 291 (1984)

Billie SHIPP, as Administrator of the Estate of Johnny Wayne Johnson, Sr., Deceased v. WARRIOR & GULF NAVIGATION COMPANY, a corp., et al. Charles E. OSBURN, Sr., as Administrator of the Estate of Charles E. Osburn, Jr., Deceased v. WARRIOR & GULF NAVIGATION COMPANY, a corp., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 31, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Yance and Jay A. York of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, for appellants.

Broox G. Holmes and Norman E. Waldrop, Jr., of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellees.

FAULKNER, Justice.

On June 16, 1980, Johnny Wayne Johnson and Charles Osburn, Jr. drowned in the Tombigbee River. The administrators of their estates each filed suit against Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company based on Alabama's Wrongful Death Statute and the general maritime law. Summary judgments were entered in favor of the defendants in each case. Both plaintiffs appeal and their cases have been consolidated for our consideration. We affirm.

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