Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Tri-State Materials Corp.
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided December 3, 1970No. Civ. A. No. C-69-12-PPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Mary Louise Rogers, acting individually and as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Robert .Vernon Rogers, seeks to recover in this action against defendant the sum of $250,000.00 on account of the death of her husband on or about November 14, 1967. Her complaint alleges that her husband was employed by defendant, Tri-State Materials Corporation, “as an able seaman, deck hand and member of *236the crew” on defendant’s towboat operating in interstate commerce on navigable waters of the United States, the Kanawha River in West Virginia. She asserts…
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- Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Corporation v. Delta MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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