Whitaker v. Blidberg-Rothchild Company

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This libel seeks a recovery for the death of a seaman, Willie Turner, while a member of the crew of the SS Southport, owned by Blidberg-Rothchild Company, Inc. The claim is filed under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S. C.A. §§ 761-767, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Because the decedent was survived by a non-dependent daughter (born December 20, 1943), the mother, who is the libellant here, is not entitled to recover under the Jones Act. Poff v. Pennsylvania R. R., 2 Cir., 150 F.2d 902, reversed on other grounds 327 U.S. 399, 66 S.Ct. 603, 90…