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SAVOIE v. LAFOURCHE BOAT RENTALS, INC.

No. 79-4054. Summary Calendar.

627 F.2d 722 (1980)

Dale J. SAVOIE, Plaintiff, v. LAFOURCHE BOAT RENTALS, INC., Defendant-Appellee, v. LOFFLAND BROTHERS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

October 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caffery, Oubre, Gibbens & Blackwell, John Blackwell, New Iberia, La., for defendant-appellant.

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, David B. Lawton, Rufus C. Harris, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, REAVLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this case we hold that a seaman's innocent employer is entitled to reimbursement from a third party for maintenance and cure payments made necessary by the third party's negligence, even though the seaman himself was partially responsible for his injury. The judgment appealed from is affirmed.

The case arises from the following facts. Dale J. Savoie was employed as the captain of the C/B MISS DETTE, a crew boat owned and operated by Lafourche...

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