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PEREZ v. MARINE TRANSPORT LINES

No. 5164.

160 F.Supp. 853 (1958)

Manuel PEREZ, Plaintiff, v. MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, Inc., Defendant.

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

March 14, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Kierr, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Normann & Normann, David R. Normann, Frank Normann, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

The question presented by this case is the status of the plaintiff at the time of his injury. Specifically, was the injury covered by the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act1 or by the Jones Act2 and the general maritime law?

Perez was by occupation a seaman and a member of the National Maritime Union. He, along with others, was sent from the hiring...

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