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DRACHENBERG v. CANAL BARGE CO., INC.

No. 74-2050.

571 F.2d 912 (1978)

Inez Marie DRACHENBERG, widow of Tracy V. Lilly, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CANAL BARGE COMPANY, INC., Jena Marine Corporation and XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Tracy V. Lilly (Decedent), an employee of the Freeport Gulf Sulphur Company, was supervising the unloading of molten sulphur from a barge in the Mississippi River into storage tanks on the shore, when the marine unloading arm which connected the barge piping system to the storage tanks broke, spilling molten sulphur on Lilly and causing injuries which resulted in his death. Decedent's widow, Inez Marie Drachenberg (plaintiff) brought suit...

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