DUPLANTIS v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 68-947.

298 F.Supp. 13 (1969)

Clarence DUPLANTIS, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant.

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

March 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tchirn, Badeaux & Discon, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Christopher Tompkins, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO MAINTENANCE AND CURE

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

This is a seaman's action for damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime law by the piledriver foreman and member of the crew of the defendant's barge, Piledriver No. 45. Claim is also made for maintenance at the rate of $8.00 per day. The defendant, who has been voluntarily paying maintenance of $6.00 per day, has refused the plaintiff's...

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