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NICKERT v. PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE COMPANY

No. 7721.

335 F.Supp. 1158 (1972)

Beryl T. NICKERT, Executrix of the Estate of John Nickert, deceased, Plaintiff, v. PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE COMPANY, a Washington corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington, at Seattle.

Addendum February 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Draper, Detels, Draper & Marinkovich, Seattle, Wash., for Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.

William A. Helsell, Helsell, Paul, Fetterman, Todd & Hokanson, Seattle, Wash., for General Motors Corp.

Jack P. Scholfield, Guttormsen, Scholfield & Stafford, Seattle, Wash., for San Diego Marine Constr. Co.

OPINION

BEEKS, Chief Judge.

John Nickert, assistant engineer of the diesel tug MERCURY, died in an engine room fire while on watch, during the course of a voyage from Seattle to Alaska. The executrix of his estate brought a wrongful death action against three parties: Puget Sound Tug & Barge Company (Puget), which owned and operated the MERCURY at the time of the tragedy, San Diego Marine Construction Company (San Diego), which constructed said tug,...

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