Legal Opinion
Lucy Mae Nolan, Administratrix of the Estate of Russell Nolan, Deceased v. R. W. Greene, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1967No. 17232_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McRAE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, decedent’s widow and administratrix, has appealed from an adverse judgment in her suit for wrongful death under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The decedent, Russell Nolan, was employed aboard the Martha E. Greene, vessel of the defendant R. W. Greene, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., when he drowned in the Ohio River as attempts to rescue him were being made.
Plaintiff alleges that her husband’s death was due to defendant’s negligence in failing to provide the decedent a safe place to work, in failing to provide a seaworthy vessel and, further in failing to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- The Patapsco Insurance Company v. SouthgateSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Tiernan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Miller v. BrazelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Lawrence Wayne Tyree v. The New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. James Harrison HathawayCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Donald L. Martin and Judy S. WeemsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,500 David L. Goodman v. Sidney EpsteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- International Air Industries, Inc. And Vebco, Inc. v. American Excelsior CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Billy Ray Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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