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WIXOM v. BOLAND MARINE & MFG. CO., INC.

No. 79-3121. Summary Calendar.

614 F.2d 956 (1980)

Floyd Leon WIXOM, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOLAND MARINE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and the Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Band, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Wixom brought this suit against his employer, Boland Marine & Manufacturing Company, invoking general maritime jurisdiction. He alleges that on March 5, 1976, he fell to the deck of the U.S.S. KING from the scaffold on which he was working and sustained serious injuries. He claims general damages under both the Jones Act1 and the doctrine of unseaworthiness, and also...

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