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LABIT v. SANTA FE MARINE, INC.

No. 75-2988 Summary Calendar.

526 F.2d 961 (1976)

Joseph LABIT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SANTA FE MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy C. Ellender, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Labit was injured while working for Santa Fe Marine, Inc. on an offshore floating drilling vessel. In his Jones Act1 suit, a jury found that Santa Fe Marine was negligent and that Labit was 50% contributorily negligent, and it assessed the value of his injury at $15,000.2 Labit's timely motion for a new trial was denied, and he now appeals from the judgment of the district court....

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