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RODRIGUEZ v. B-R DREDGING CO., INC.

No. 1146.

552 S.W.2d 601 (1977)

Feliciano G. RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. B-R DREDGING COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Edwards, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

S. E. Dyer, Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray & Woolsey, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

Under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and under the general maritime law, Feliciano G. Rodriguez, brought suit as a seaman for bodily injuries sustained when he fell through an open deck hatch or manhole on the tender boat, Burley Koen, while employed by the defendant, B-R Dredging Company, Inc. As the basis of his cause of action, Rodriguez alleged negligence and unseaworthiness, and negligence and unseaworthiness

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