OPINION AND ORDER
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
This is an action for wrongful death brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. App. § 688, and under the general maritime law of the United States. It is presently before the court on the defendant's motion for a pretrial ruling on the applicability of substantive federal admiralty law.
FACTS
This action arose as the result of the death of seaman Joe Neal, who slipped, fell and drowned in...
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