Melancon v. Morrison-Knudsen International Co.

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

This action arises out of the death of Henry Melancon, who according to the record lost his life when bombs placed by the Viet Cong exploded and sank the Dredge JAMAICA BAY, on which he was employed, on or about January 9, 1967. Melancon was an employee of a joint venture called RMK-BRJ, a Navy cost-plus contractor, which in its capacity as a joint venture, was the bareboat charterer and operator of the JAMAICA BAY at the time of Melancon’s death.

Plaintiff brings suit to recover for the death of Henry Melancon, her husband, naming RMK-BRJ in its capacity…