BOSSARD v. PORT ALLEN MARINE SERV., INC.

No. 79-2786 Summary Calendar.

624 F.2d 671 (1980)

Ella Weese Watson BOSSARD, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Bossard, and Genieveve Bossard and Bertha Lee Bossard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PORT ALLEN MARINE SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cave & McKay, John F. McKay, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Don M. Richard, Douglas P. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, TJOFLAT and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 20, 1980.

PER CURIAM:

This action arose out of an accident that occurred at the "gas-freeing" facility operated by Port Allen Marine Service, Inc. (Port Allen), on the Mississippi River. On January 5, 1975, Donald Bossard, an employee of Port Allen, met his death when he inhaled toxic fumes during the gas freeing of the Barge Exxon 217. Bossard's widow, individually and as administratrix of Bossard's estate, and...

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