McKINLEY v. ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS, INC.

Nos. 91-35637, 91-35792.

980 F.2d 567 (1992)

Linda McKINLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Linda McKINLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Miner, Ross, Gingras & Miner, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee.

Michael M. Holmes and Michael A. Barcott, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-Appellee/cross-appellant.

Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Charles E. McKinley was killed in a fire aboard the hull of an oil drill ship undergoing conversion to a seagoing fish and crab processing ship. Linda McKinley ("McKinley"), Mr. McKinley's personal representative, sued for damages contending the ship was a vessel in navigation for purposes of the Jones Act. The district court granted summary judgment to the owners of the vessel and the personal representative appeals, contending genuine...

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