Summers v. Motor Ship Big Ron Tom

ORDER.

SIMONS, District Judge.

Libellant herein seeks to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained while she was a paying passenger aboard the respondent fishing vessel, the M/S BIG RON TOM, on July 9, 1964. At the time of the alleged injuries, Libellant was aboard the BIG RON TOM for purposes of “bottom fishing” in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina.

The Libel alleges that the libellant was stationed on the deck of the vessel at a point immediately in the bow holding on to the railing ■ as the ship proceeded through Little River Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean enroute to the…