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MELANCON v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 73-2007. Summary Calendar.

482 F.2d 1057 (1973)

Learness MELANCON, Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA et al., Defendants. COATING SPECIALISTS, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph R. Schoemann, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff appellant.

John M. Duhe, Jr., New Iberia, La., Thomas M. Bergstedt, Reid K. Hebert, Lake Charles, La., for Ins. Co. of North America.

John Rixie Mouton, J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for Melancon.

Lawrence J. Ernst, New Orleans, La., for Highlands and others.

John M. Shaw, Opelousas, La., for Fireman's Fund and others.

Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., for State Auto and others.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Melancon, alleging that his work aboard the M/V SNIPE from September 7, 1968 to January 1969 aggravated or caused his silicosis or pneumonoconiosis condition, sued his employer Coating Specialists, Inc. (Coating) and its insurer Insurance Company of North America (INA),1 for damages under the Jones Act and maintenance under the general maritime law. The District Court entered orders granting summary judgment for...

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