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SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY v. TRAHAN

No. 20052.

322 F.2d 234 (1963)

SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bufford TRAHAN, Appellee. Bufford TRAHAN, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George V. Baus, W. Ford Reese, New Orleans, La., J. J. Davidson, Jr., Lafayette, La., Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for Superior Oil Co., respondent-appellant.

Hugh E. Brunson, Crowley, La., Felicien P. Lozes, New Orleans, La., for Bufford Trahan, appellee.

Before HUTCHESON and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

Bufford Trahan, the libellant, filed suit against his employer, Superior Oil Company, under the admiralty jurisdiction of the court, seeking damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in an accident which occurred on March 31, 1959. Trahan brought suit claiming negligence under the Jones Act; alleging unseaworthiness; and seeking maintenance, cure and wages. Both parties appeal, and the questions involved relate to the proof...

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