Linda Lavern Claborn, as Personal Representative of Johnny Z. Claborn, Deceased v. Star Fish & Oyster Company, Inc., a Corporation

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Linda Lavern Claborn brought this action to recover for the death of her husband, Johnny Z. Claborn, a deckhand on defendant’s vessel the Dell G, who was stabbed to death by another crewman on September 15, 1973, during a fishing voyage off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Plaintiff claims entitlement to recover damages for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and for unseaworthiness under general maritime law. The district court denied plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict, and the jury found for defendant. Plaintiff’s motions for a new trial and for…