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GRIGSBY v. COASTAL MARINE SERVICE OF TEXAS, INC.

No. 9949.

235 F.Supp. 97 (1964)

Hazel Jean GRIGSBY, Widow of John D. Grigsby, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of Her Minor Children, Javan K. Grigsby and Jennifer Ann Grigsby, Libellant, v. COASTAL MARINE SERVICE OF TEXAS, INC., Maryland Casualty Company, Gulf Salt Carriers, Inc., F. E. Aiple, d/b/a Aiple Towing Company, and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Original Respondents, Cross-Libellants, Cross-Respondents, WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, Third Party Respondent, Cross-Libellant, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Intervenor, Cross-Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

November 4, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baggett & Hawsey, Lake Charles, La., for libellant.

Cavanaugh, Holt, Brame & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., Hall, Raggio & Farrar, and Plauche & Stockwell, Lake Charles, La., for original respondents.

Kaufman, Anderson, Leithead, Scott & Boudreaux, Lake Charles, La., for third-party respondents.

Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Lake Charles, La., for intervenor.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Mrs. Hazel Jean Grigsby, individually, and as natural tutrix of her minor children, Javan K. and Jennifer Ann, seeks damages for the death of John D. Grigsby, her husband.

Grigsby, while acting in an emergency and trying to render aid to or rescue employees of Coastal Marine Service of Texas and Welders' Supply Company of Louisiana, met his death aboard the barge Morton Salt II on November 18,

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