Legal Opinion
Ward v. Island Creek Fuel & Transportation Company
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided December 28, 1966No. Civ. A. 1343-WPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, a West Virginia resident, instituted this Jones Act 1 suit seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained while performing his duties as an employee of defendant aboard a motor vessel owned by defendant and operated upon the Ohio River near Benwood, West Virginia. The defendant, a Delaware corporation having its principal office in the Southern District of West Virginia, filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that venue is not properly laid in the Northern District of West Virginia. This assertion is based on the premise that the language of 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 2…
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