Legal Opinion
Bell v. Tug Shrike
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 26, 1963No. 8053PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
The facts of this case are not in dispute. In an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, libelant seeks to recover damages for the death of her alleged husband, John Ware Bell, who was a member of the crew of the tug SHRIKE owned by Southern Tug Corporation and operated by Southern Transportation Company, Inc., as charterer thereof, when the vessel capsized and sank on September 12, 1959, resulting in the death of John Ware Bell.
Shortly prior to the date of trial the action was conditionally settled. Certain children had been born of decedent’s marriage to…
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