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FLENER v. WATERWAYS OIL COMPANY

Civ. No. 5385.

261 F.Supp. 740 (1966)

Kenneth G. FLENER, Plaintiff, v. WATERWAYS OIL COMPANY, a Partnership consisting of Mrs. L. D. Smith and Mrs. Laura S. Smith, and Mrs. Laura S. Smith, Executrix of the Estate of Homer C. Smith, Waterways Marine Supplies and Service, Inc., and American Employers Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

December 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Dobbs, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff.

John S. Porter, of Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants, Waterways Oil Co. and Waterways Marine Supplies and Service, Inc.

Nelson, Norvell, Wilson & Thomason and Fred Ivy, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendant, American Employers Ins.

OPINION

McRAE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Kenneth Flener, has filed a suit for damages pursuant to the Jones Act. The plaintiff was injured April 3, 1962, while moving a coil of rope. The defendant Waterways Oil Company, a partnership, was in the business of selling oil to boats in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, traveling the Mississippi River. The primary duties of the plaintiff consisted of operating the vessel TEE-GEE for the defendant Oil Company...

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