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LAVERGNE v. WESTERN CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 7950.

346 So.2d 239 (1977)

Joseph Lee LAVERGNE v. WESTERN COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michael Cashio, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, David W. Robinson, Baton Rouge, for Zigler Shipyards, Inc., and The Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New York, defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and SCHOTT, JJ.

STOULIG, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing as prescribed the products liability claim of Joseph Lavergne, an injured seaman, against a shipbuilder for allegedly designing and constructing a defective barge stairway that caused his injury. Plaintiff was injured September 29, 1971 aboard Barge 1602 while working as an equipment operator for its owner, The Western Company of North America, Inc.

On November 27, 1973, plaintiff filed a damage...

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