Legal Opinion
Bruce Edward Cook, Administrator of the Estate of Dennis Brian Cook v. Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company, an Oregon Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1980No. 76-3625PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Bruce Edward Cook, administrator of the Estate of Dennis Brian Cook, filed a wrongful death action in the district court under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and in accordance with general maritime law. The action was instituted following the death of Dennis Cook, an employee of defendant Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company who had drowned in the Columbia River on January 24, 1974. The action proceeded to a jury trial, wherein defendant admitted liability for the decedent’s death. Thus, the trial below dealt exclusively with the…
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