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HAMILTON v. CANAL BARGE COMPANY, INC.

Civ. A. No. 74-682.

395 F.Supp. 978 (1975)

Mrs. Betty Jean Lindsey HAMILTON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Succession of Billy Joe Hamilton, Jr. and as a representative for and on behalf of Susan Ann Dunn, and the minor child, Bryan Joseph Hamilton a/k/a Bryan Joseph Dunn, v. CANAL BARGE COMPANY, INC., and Petrolane Offshore Construction Service, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

Supplemental Opinion May 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon E. Fallon, Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, New Orleans, La., James O. Ervin, Baton Rouge, La., Edward F. Wegmann, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Robert M. Contois, Glenn G. Goodier, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant Central Marine.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, B. Ralph Bailey, New Orleans, La., for defendant Petrolane.

Watkins, Watkins & Walker, James C. Walker, Jr., Houma, La., for defendant Bayou Marine.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

Billy Joe Hamilton, Jr., an employee of Petrolane and a member of the crew of its derrick barge OCTOPUS, was killed in the course of his employment on April 26, 1973, when a part of a mooring bitt on a barge being used in connection with the work of the OCTOPUS broke off.

Petrolane had chartered the barge from Bayou Marine, which had in turn chartered it from Central Marine. The plaintiffs sued Petrolane, Bayou Marine, and Central...

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