Legal Opinion
Digna Barrios, as Administratrix of the Estate of Mario Barrios, Deceased v. Waterman Steamship Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1961No. 18561_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNALLY, District Judge.
This is an action under the Jones Act (46 U.S'.C.A.- § 688) by the mother and administratrix. of. a deceased seaman to recover of his employer for the death. The testimony in the record is undisputed; but it is inconclusive, and leaves much to imagination or conjecture, in showing how and when the deceased met his death, if in fact he did.
At 12:10 a. m. the morning of December 18, 1957, the S.S. Topa Topa, owned and operated by the defendant, and with the decedent Barrios a member of the crew, left the Yokohama docks and put to sea. Barrios had the bow watch from…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ida M. Smith, Administratrix v. Reinauer Oil Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1958
- Mildred L. Miller, Individually and as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of James W. Miller, Deceased v. Farrell Lines, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Hazel Swain, Administratrix of the Estate of Otho Swain, Deceased v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Lapp v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1931
3Cited by6 opinions
- Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Bach v. Trident Shipping Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
- Smith v. American Mail Line, Ltd.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1973
- Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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