Legal Opinion

Wurz v. Santa Fe International Corp.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided November 29, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 76-216Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Robert Wurz and his wife Margie Wurz bring this suit seeking compensation for personal injuries that Wurz allegedly suffered on three different occasions while employed as a marine pipe layer superintendent aboard a barge allegedly owned and operated by the defendants. Federal court jurisdiction is predicated on the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688) and on the general maritime law of the United States. Plaintiffs’ complaint, which was filed on July 2, 1976, is based on three distinct'causes of action: (1) negligence; (2) unseaworthiness (all alleged…

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