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STEVENS v. EAST-WEST TOWING CO., INC.

No. 79-2875.

649 F.2d 1104 (1981)

Robert STEVENS, Plaintiff, v. EAST-WEST TOWING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. EAST-WEST TOWING COMPANY, INC. and Vanguard Insurance, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Charrier, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Winston Edward Rice, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this admiralty case, plaintiff Robert Stevens brought suit for personal injuries sustained February 4, 1974, while he was working as a deckhand on the tugboat DELTA DAWN at the Westwego facility of Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (Avondale) on the Mississippi River. Stevens sued his employer, East-West Towing Company, Inc. (East-West), under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. He also sued Central Marine Services, Inc. (Central Marine), the...

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