Walker v. Ohio River Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

We have here two separate appeals in two separate suits involving the same issue.

The two plaintiffs, Evelyn Walker and Lyndell Wilson, were both employees (seawomen) of the defendant company, each claiming that she sustained personal injuries while performing services in behalf of the defendant on a vessel owned by the defendant; their injuries having been caused by the defendant’s negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel involved.

Their separate complaints alleged a cause of action in trespass both under the Act of Congress known as the Merchant Marine Act…