Wilson v. Ohio River Co.

MARSH, District Judge.

This action was commenced, pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, on June 12, 1962, in- the Western District of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, by plaintiff, a maid aboard the defendant’s vessel M/V Bob Benner, to recover for injuries sustained in a fall down a flight of stairs in the vessel. A second count claims maintenance and cure under the admiralty laws.

The cause of action arose on or about September 16, 1961, while the vessel was navigating on the Ohio River.

The defendant has filed a timely motion to transfer the cause of action to Huntington, West Virginia,…