Legal Opinion
Anna Marie Dixon, Administratrix of Estate of Oscar Theodore Dixon v. Serodino, Inc., 1
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1964No. 15358_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Anna Marie Dixon, is the widow and administratrix of the estate of Oscar Theodore Dixon, who was fatally injured when he fell through an open hatch on a barge. He was a seaman, employed by defendant-appellee Borodino, Inc., the owner of a motor vessel, Midwestern, plying the Mississippi in its barge commerce. The fatal accident occurred June 16, 1961. Action was brought for wrongful death under the Jones Act, Title 46, U.S.C.A. § 688. A jury found plaintiff’s decedent and the employer-defendant both guilty of negligence, assessing 85% of such…
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