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B-R DREDGING CO. v. RODRIGUEZ

No. B-6966.

564 S.W.2d 693 (1978)

B-R DREDGING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Feliciano RODRIGUEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray & Woolsey, James W. Wray, Jr., and S. Eldon Dyer, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

William R. Edwards, Hubert L. Stone, Corpus Christi, for respondent.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

Feliciano Rodriguez brought suit as a seaman under the Jones Act, United States Code, Title 46, Section 688, and under general maritime law for personal injuries sustained when he fell through an open hatch on the deck of the tender boat, Burley Koen. He sued his employer, B-R Dredging Company, basing his cause of action upon negligence and unseaworthiness of a vessel and negligence and unseaworthiness per se for the violation of alleged...

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