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WHITAKER v. BLIDBERG-ROTHCHILD COMPANY

No. 8025.

195 F.Supp. 420 (1961)

Mrs. Lucy Turner WHITAKER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Willie Turner, deceased, Libellant, v. BLIDBERG-ROTHCHILD COMPANY, Inc., in personam, and THE SS SOUTHPORT, in rem, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

January 5, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This libel seeks a recovery for the death of a seaman, Willie Turner, while a member of the crew of the SS Southport, owned by Blidberg-Rothchild Company, Inc. The claim is filed under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S. C.A. §§ 761-767, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Because the decedent was survived by a non-dependent daughter (born December 20, 1943), the mother, who is the libellant here, is not entitled...

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