Linda McKinley Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley Deceased v. All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc., Linda McKinley Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley Deceased v. All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc.

980 F.2d 567 1993 A.M.C. 305 Linda McKINLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Linda McKINLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles E. McKinley, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 91-35637, 91-35792. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 17, 1992. Decided Nov. 24, 1992. Edward Miner, Ross, Gingras & Miner, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee. Michael M. Holmes and Michael A. Barcott, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Charles E. McKinley was killed in a fire aboard the hull of an oil drill ship undergoing conversion to a seagoing fish and crab processing ship. Linda McKinley ("McKinley"), Mr. McKinley's personal representative, sued for damages contending the ship was a vessel in navigation for purposes of the Jones Act. The…