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LISTER v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 12235.

361 So.2d 290 (1978)

Frankie LISTER et al. v. TEXACO, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

July 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen A. McElroy, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Berwick, counsel for plaintiff.

John Blackwell, Caffery, Duhe, Oubre & Gibbens, New Iberia, for Texaco, Inc. and American Motorists Ins. Co.

Francis Emmett, New Orleans, for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, Peter E. Duffy, Metairie, for Louisiana Wildlife & Fish.

Porteus R. Burke, J. Phil Haney, New Iberia, for Commonwealth Ins. Co. and Berard Boats, Inc.

Before BLANCHE, COVINGTON and CHIASSON, JJ.

CHIASSON, Judge.

This is an action, in personam, for personal injuries resulting from a mishap which occurred on the navigable waters of the Atchafalaya River when plaintiffs' 15 foot pleasure boat was allegedly rocked by wave wash created by the defendants' crewboat "KATHLEEN", causing the plaintiff, Alice S. Lister, to fall from her seat in the pleasure boat.

Plaintiffs' petition originally alleged:

"This is an admiralty and maritime claim...

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