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CHAHOC v. HUNT SHIPYARD

No. 29764 Summary Calendar.

431 F.2d 576 (1970)

Mrs. Joyce Ann Ferry CHAHOC, widow of Ralph Leon Chahoc, individually and for the use and benefit of her minor children, Melody Sue Chahoc and Pamala Jury Ann Chahoc, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUNT SHIPYARD, a Division of Hunt Tool Co., and Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Steven R. Plotkin, Owen J. Bradley, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Hunt Shipyard, and others; Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Ralph Chahoc was injured while employed by Hunt Shipyard in its Drydock No. 4 making repairs to Ingram Contractor, Inc.'s Dredge No. 4. He died after bringing suit below and his wife was substituted as plaintiff, individually and for the benefit of two minor children of the couple.

Chahoc, with three co-workers was carrying a heavy steel knuckle plate across the dry dock deck to be welded to the dredge when he slipped and fell, receiving severe...

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