Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner, administratrix of the estate of her son Daniel Gillespie, brought this action in federal court against the respondent shipowner-employer to recover *150 damages for Gillespie’s death, which was alleged to have occurred when he fell and was drowned while working as a seaman on responde…
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