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HESS v. PORT ALLEN MARINE SERVICE, INC.

No. 79-2914 Summary Calendar.

624 F.2d 673 (1980)

Phillip HESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORT ALLEN MARINE SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Walters, Charles R. Moore, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlemeyer & Matthews, Douglas P. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

On September 22, 1973, Phillip Hess was injured in an explosion at the "gas-freeing" facility operated by Port Allen Marine Service, Inc. (Port Allen), on the Mississippi River. The explosion occurred as one of Port Allen's cleaning and gas-freeing gangs, of which Hess was a member, was engaged in removing gas fumes from the Barge UM 79-B.

Hess, whose injury was compensable under the Longshoremen's and...

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