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JONES v. MENARD

No. 75-3806.

559 F.2d 1282 (1977)

Herman Wilson JONES, Plaintiff, v. Paul D. MENARD, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff, v. ST. CHARLES STEEL FABRICATORS, INC., Third-Party Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GLAZER STEEL CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, La., Francis Dugas, Thibodaux, La., R. Lee McDaniel, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Robert M. Contois, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Glazer Steel.

Dan C. Garner, R. Lee McDaniel, L. J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Menard.

Patrick M. Reily, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, La., for Dixie Mill.

P. A. Bienvenu, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Ins. Co.

Before THORNBERRY and GEE, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Herman Jones, a crewman on the shrimp boat F/V LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE, received severe back injuries when the vessel's 38-foot steel boom broke and fell across his back as he sat on the deck repairing a net. Invoking the Jones Act, he sued the owner and operator of the vessel, Paul Menard, who in turn filed a third-party complaint for contribution and indemnity against St. Charles Steel Fabricators, Inc...

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