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BEARD v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 79-1752. Summary Calendar.

606 F.2d 515 (1979)

Ruthie Mae BEARD, Individually, as Representative and/or Administratrix of the Estate of John Curtis Beard and as Next Friend of Curtis Rodriguez Beard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, William B. Portis, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

G. Wes Urquhart, Knox D. Nunnally, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, HENDERSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit against Shell Oil Co. under the Jones Act and general maritime law seeking recovery for the death of John Beard. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Shell Oil. It held that the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as adopted by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. § 1333(c), were exclusive remedies against Shell. We affirm.

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