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ROBERTSON v. JEFFBOAT, INC.

No. 80-3136.

651 F.2d 434 (1981)

Paul ROBERTSON, Administrator of the Estate of William L. Robertson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFBOAT, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Cause Argued April 16, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Reutlinger, C. Kent Hatfield, Middleton, Reutlinger & Baird, Charles G. Middleton, III, Louisville, Ky., Robert Contois, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrerge & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

John E. Wise, J. Daniel Landrum, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and GILMORE, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 28, 1981.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Jeffboat, Inc., a shipbuilder, appeals the district court's finding that its negligence contributed to the death of plaintiff's decedent, William Robertson. Jeffboat was Robertson's employer and the owner of a barge he was helping build at the time of his death. The court below based an award to Robertson's parents on 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), a provision of the Longshoremen...

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