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BLANCHARD v. TELEDYNE MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 79-2681 Summary Calendar.

612 F.2d 971 (1980)

KERRY J. BLANCHARD and Patricia M. Blanchard, Plaintiffs, Patricia M. Blanchard, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TELEDYNE MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. LaRussa, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Weigand & Siegrist, Christopher B. Siegrist, Houma, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and TATE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal taken pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) presents the issue of whether the wife of an injured seaman has a cause of action for loss of consortium against the party allegedly responsible for her husband's injuries under either the Jones Act, the general maritime law, or the laws of the State of Louisiana. The district court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the claim of Patricia M. Blanchard for loss of consortium occasioned...

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