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BENOIT v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

No. 5988.

347 So.2d 269 (1977)

Sweeney BENOIT, as Personal Representative of William Benoit, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Standby Crews, Inc., and Deepwater Boats, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied in Part and Granted in Part June 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh by Karl E. Boellert, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Nathan A. Cormie and Ronald J. Bertrand by Ronald J. Bertrand, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and ROGERS, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Sweeney Benoit, brought this wrongful death action as personal representative of William Benoit, Jr., to recover damages on behalf of William Benoit, Jr.'s three minor children and his mother. He alleged that William Benoit, Jr., had drowned on March 8, 1973, near Eugene Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, while he was a member of the crew of the vessel "Carol Ann", a crew-type vessel owned by the defendant, Deepwater Boats, Inc....

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