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JONES v. FOREST OIL CO.

No. 81-3214 Summary Calendar.

663 F.2d 556 (1981)

Ramsey JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FOREST OIL COMPANY, Defendant, CRC Mallard, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman P. Foret, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond M. Allen, Lafayette, La., John Blackwell, New Iberia, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Ramsey Jones was injured on a fixed drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast on February 10, 1979. On February 5, 1980 his attorney mailed a Complaint for Damages to the Clerk of Court for the Western District of Louisiana. In that pleading Ramsey Jones sought recovery under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 688, 741-52, as well as in admiralty and under the general maritime laws. Defendant CRC Mallard, Inc., moved...

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