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SANFORD BROS. BOATS, INC. v. VIDRINE

No. 25559.

412 F.2d 958 (1969)

SANFORD BROS. BOATS, INC., Appellant, v. Dalvis VIDRINE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin Campoy, of Campoy & Horne, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, La., J. Wendel Fusilier, Ville Platte, La., of Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, Baton Rouge, La., Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, Ville Platte, La., for complainant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal from a Jones Act judgment for a seaman, the appellant-employer, aside from asserting a typical miscellany of cavils, lays proper claim to several trial court errors.

On September 18, 1965, appellant's tug, the D. A. LITTLE, and the barge, SANFORD BROS. NO. 1, owned by a companion corporation, were together in the Gulf of Mexico about four miles from shore. Their mission was to repair underwater pipelines and offshore...

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