Flener v. Waterways Oil Co.

OPINION

McRAE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Kenneth Flener, has filed a suit for damages pursuant to the Jones Act. The plaintiff was injured April 3, 1962, while moving a coil of rope. The defendant Waterways Oil Company, a partnership, was in the business of selling oil to boats in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, traveling the Mississippi River. The primary duties of the plaintiff consisted of operating the vessel TEE-GEE for the defendant Oil Company. The defendant Waterways Marine Supplies & Service, Inc., operates a land based business that stored and sold supplies, including rope,…