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DEES v. W. M. WEBB, INC.

No. 77-3512 Summary Calendar.

590 F.2d 144 (1979)

Lamar DEES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. M. WEBB, INC. and the Home Indemnity Co., Defendants-Appellants, Stoneco, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, George A. Gaitas, James H. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

William R. Brough, Meyer Sabludowsky, New Orleans, La., for Lamar Dees.

W. Matthew Campbell, New Orleans, La., for Stoneco, Inc.

James F. Wilbur, Longmont, Colo., for third party defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Dees, a seaman-fisherman employed by W. M. Webb, Inc. (Webb) on the latter's boat, the M/V SEA FALCON, suffered injuries to his eye and hand from an M-80, a firecracker device to detect fish, which exploded as he threw it into the water. Dees sued Webb and its insurer on grounds of negligence under the Jones Act, and unseaworthiness of the M/V SEA FALCON.

Webb filed a third-party complaint for indemnification against Stoneco, Inc., a...

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