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McCARTY v. SERVICE CONTRACTING, INC.

Civ. A. No. 69-228.

317 F.Supp. 629 (1970)

Claiborne McCARTY v. SERVICE CONTRACTING, INC.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

September 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. C. Edwins, Edwins, Cave & McKay, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Tom F. Phillips, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant.

WEST, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, Claiborne McCarty, brings this action seeking damages for injuries which he sustained on January 9, 1969 while working as a derrick hand on board a submersible drilling barge, the SCI Rig No. 1, which was owned and operated by his employer, Service Contracting, Inc., defendant herein. Federal subject matter jurisdiction in this case rests on the Jones Act, Title 46, U.S.C.A., § 688, and General Maritime Law. The threshold questions...

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