SHIFLET v. DAISY

No. 23829.

373 F.2d 522 (1967)

Rosemary SHIFLET, Appellant, v. Bertha Lou DAISY, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Daisy, Deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Clendenin, Jr., Cox, Wilson, Duncan & Clendenin, Brownsville, Tex., for appellant.

Benjamin S. Hardy, Hardy, Galindo & Sharpe, Brownsville, Tex., Harry D. Lewis, Wiech, Lewis & Pipkin, Brownsville, Tex., for appellee.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding damages to the libellant for the death of her husband in an action brought against a shipowner under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The deceased, master of a deepsea trawler owned by appellant, met his death when the trawler ran aground and broke up off the coast of Soto La Marina, Mexico, during a storm in December, 1964. The trial court, sitting without a jury, entered...

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