PENNINGTON v. PACIFIC COAST TRANSPORT COMPANY

No. 28019 Summary Calendar.

419 F.2d 122 (1969)

John T. PENNINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PACIFIC COAST TRANSPORT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Neves Marcal, III, H. W. O'Brien, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward S. Bagley, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee; Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CARSWELL, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in a Jones Act case dismissing the action after granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment.1 We affirm.

The appellant Pennington suffered a back injury on May 22, 1966, as a diver in the employ of the Chevron Oil Company and recovered a jury verdict in the law suit arising out of the...

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