Jupp v. Global Marine Exploration Co.

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

This is an action by Mrs. Mamie Hal-las, widow of Stanley D. Jupp, Jr., de*605cedent, individually, as surviving spouse, and as the duly qualified tutrix of the decedent’s three minor children. Defendants are Global Marine Exploration Company, Marine Safety Equipment Corporation and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company. The complaint is lodged against Aetna as the liability insurer of the Equitable Equipment Company, Inc., under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute.1

The complaint alleges that on February 21, 1962, the decedent was employed by Todd Shipyards Corporation…