Ridgedell v. Olympic Towing Corporation

ELLIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, as personal representative of Richard Ozema Ridge-dell who died from injuries sustained while working aboard defendant’s tug and barge. The complaint alleges negligence on the part of defendant’s employees and the unseaworthiness of defendant’s barge. Plaintiff seeks damages for pecuniary loss and loss of love, affection, and companionship for herself individually and as natural tutrix for the deceased’s minor children. The action is brought alternatively under the Jones Act, the Death on the High Seas…