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KELLOCH v. S & H SUBWATER SALVAGE, INC.

No. 72-2935 Summary Calendar.

473 F.2d 767 (1973)

Kenneth H. KELLOCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. S & H SUBWATER SALVAGE, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, Sharecroppers Boat Rental Inc, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants, State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters, Inc., et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence K. Burleigh, Morgan City, La., for S & H Subwater Salvage, Inc.

Donald M. Pierce, New Orleans, La., for State Auto.

Richard L. Bodet, Metairie, La., for Appalachia.

Rufus C. Harris, Jr., Ward R. Jones, New Orleans, La., for Sharecroppers.

Michael X. St. Martin, Houma, La., for Kelloch.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The trial court awarded the plaintiff Kelloch substantial damages against his employer S & H Subwater Salvage and the owner of the M/V RAOUL J., Sharecroppers Boat Rental, in this suit under the Jones Act and General Maritime Law.1 As between the tortfeasors, the court held that Sharecroppers is entitled to indemnification from S & H. Finally, the Court held that the third party defendants, S & H...

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