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SMITH v. SERVICE CONTRACTING, INC.

No. 6198.

236 F.Supp. 492 (1964)

Newell H. SMITH, Jr., Libelant, v. SERVICE CONTRACTING, INC., the California Company and Rowan Drilling Company, Respondents.

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

December 4, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kierr & Gainsburgh, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, Robert G. Hebert, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., for Service Contracting, Inc.

Porteous & Johnson, Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for California Co.

Adams & Reese, George V. Baus, New Orleans, La., for Noble Drilling Corporation.

AINSWORTH, District Judge:

Respondent has moved for summary judgment against a seaman's libel for damages for physical injuries under the Jones Act and general maritime law. Libelant has accepted and received payments for the same accident under a compensation award made by the Deputy Commissioner for the Seventh Compensation District under the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which incorporates the remedies of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers...

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