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CRADOR v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 78-1396.

625 F.2d 1227 (1980)

Winnie Ola CRADOR as Executrix of the Estate of Hurby Crador, substituted in place and stead of Hurby Crador, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Louisiana, in personam, and Houston General Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., Andre J. Mouledoux, New Orleans, La., General Counsel, Dept. of Highways, State of Louisiana, Ronald Thompson, Robert Jones, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Levingston, Ezell & Liles, Maurice L. Tynes, Billy H. Ezell, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, GEWIN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Hurby Crador, an employee of the appellant Louisiana Department of Highways, sustained a back injury on May 21, 1975, while repairing the transmission on appellant's vessel, the M/V GRAND LAKE FERRY. Crador sought damages for personal injury under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and General Maritime Law, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b). The district court denied appellants' motions for summary judgment...

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