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IN RE EDWARDS

No. 2626.

148 F.Supp. 285 (1957)

In the Matter of Fred M. EDWARDS, Charles W. Edwards, Walter M. Edwards, William N. Blair, G. C. Linsmier, J. E. Redding, E. L. Meley, Jr., L. Z. Walker, C. W. Byrne, Jr., and M. H. Hoffman, individually and as co-partners, doing business as Louisiana Transportation Company, Praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahn, Provensal & Faris, Warren M. Faris, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Raymond H. Kierr, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., for claimant.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Louisiana Transportation Company, owner of the Tug D'Artagnan, filed this petition for exoneration and/or limitation of liability. Wiley J. Odom, seaman on the D'Artagnan, is the only claimant. He asserts that he injured his foot when he inadvertently placed it between the D'Artagnan and the barge to which the D'Artagnan was then moored. He seeks damages and maintenance under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the general...

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