Da'Ville v. Wise

Charles Da’Ville, aged 20, was employed by Movible Offshore, Inc. He was working on an idle drilling draw-works on an offshore artificial island or fixed structure situated on the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico within the seaward extension of Louisiana when he met his death, on •May 7, 1969. His widow, plaintiff-appellant individually and as administra-trix of their infant child, filed suit in the court below under Title 28 U.S.C., Section 1331(a), and Title 43 U.S.C., Section 1333 (the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act) for damages for Da’Ville’s wrongful death against (a)…