DEROUEN v. VAUGHN MARINE, INC.

No. 75-2325 Summary Calendar.

529 F.2d 1222 (1976)

Andrew D. DEROUEN, Sr., and Agglia Penn Derouen, his wife, individually and on behalf of their Deceased son, Andrew D. Derouen, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VAUGHN MARINE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, Gothard J. Reck, Michael E. Coney, Metairie, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eldon T. Harvey, III, Kenneth W. Manuel, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The appellants brought this action under the Jones Act and general maritime law to recover for the drowning death of their son, Andrew Derouen, who had been employed as a deck hand aboard the M/V Cavalier, a vessel owned by the appellee, Vaughn Marine, Inc. On February 15, 1969, shortly after daybreak, the Cavalier, pushing three loaded barges, was approaching a fleet of barges in the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge. The captain instructed the deck hands...

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