Inez Marie Drachenberg, Widow of Tracy v. Lilly v. Canal Barge Company, Inc., Jena Marine Corporation and Xyz Insurance Company

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Tracy V. Lilly (Decedent), an employee of the Freeport Gulf Sulphur Company, was supervising the unloading of molten sulphur from a barge in the Mississippi River into storage tanks on the shore, when the marine unloading arm which connected the barge piping system to the storage tanks broke, spilling molten sulphur on Lilly and causing injuries which resulted in his death. Decedent’s widow, Inez Marie Drachenberg (plaintiff) brought suit against the barge company for damages for her husband’s death. The District Court, although finding that admiralty jurisdiction…