Legal Opinion
Lena v. Morvant, Etc. v. Construction Aggregates Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1978No. 76-2052PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
Michael J. Morvant drowned in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, on March 8, 1975, when the tugboat Marco, of which he was skipper, capsized and sank, trapping him in the pilothouse.
Morvant’s widow, on behalf of herself and their three minor children and as ad-ministratrix of his estate, brought an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1970), and under the general maritime law against Construction Aggregates Corporation as owner of the Marco. The complaint charged both negligence on the part of the company and its other employees and unseaworthiness of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Varlack v. SWC Caribbean, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Floyd Gene Bridger v. Union Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- United States Steel Corporation v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by105 opinions
- Margaret Woods v. Robert LecureuxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- K.M.C. Co., Inc. v. Irving Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Kaczkowski v. BolubaszSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Clarence F. Davis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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