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CHOUEST v. A & P BOAT RENTALS, INC.

No. 71-1696.

472 F.2d 1026 (1973)

Cleveland CHOUEST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A & P BOAT RENTALS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wysocki, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred E. Salley, Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Royston, Rayzor, Cook & Vickery, E. D. Vickery, Houston, Tex., amicus curiae.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case presents an intricate problem in the allocation of the recovery in an action brought by an injured longshoreman against a shipowner under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. Because of the difficulty of the questions involved, we granted a rehearing to permit both sides to explore the issues in more depth. Having held the rehearing, we adhere to our original decision reversing...

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