Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp.

After Daniel Gillespie was killed working on USSC's (defendant) ship, his mother (plaintiff), as administratrix, sued under the Jones Act, Ohio's wrongful death statute, and for his pre-death pain and suffering, also seeking recovery for his dependent siblings; the district court ruled the Jones Act was Daniel's exclusive remedy and struck the state wrongful-death claims and all sibling-recovery references. Mrs. Gillespie immediately appealed; USSC moved to dismiss the appeal as premature since the district court's order wasn't a final decision, but the Sixth Circuit held the order was appealable, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.