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STRANGE v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 3858.

262 So.2d 799 (1972)

Robert STRANGE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. O. Brown, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by V. Farley Sonnier, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act of the State of Louisiana. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that since the accident occurred on a fixed drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, fifty miles offshore from the State of Louisiana, plaintiff's exclusive remedy is under the federal Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, U.S.C.A. 33:901 et seq. From a summary judgment dismissing his...

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