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TRAHAN v. GULF CREWS, INC.

Nos. 51410, 51443.

255 So.2d 63 (1971)

260 La. 29

Mrs. Myrtle TRAHAN et al. v. GULF CREWS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Jones, J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Edgar F. Barnett, Lake Charles, Hinds & Meyer, John K. Meyer, Houston, Tex., Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, Joy S. Miller, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

McCALEB, Chief Justice.

The surviving widow and children of Howard J. Trahan, Sr., instituted this suit under the federal maritime law as supplemented by the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover for his wrongful death by drowning during the course and scope of his employment by defendant, Gulf Crews, Inc. They joined as parties defendant the employer's insurer and the excess underwriters.1

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