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SMITH v. TEXACO INC.

Civ. A. No. 80-2809.

524 F.Supp. 1313 (1981)

Cecil Edgar SMITH v. TEXACO INC.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

November 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, III, Brumfield & Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Robert H. Murphy, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACK M. GORDON, District Judge.

The matter before the Court is a motion for summary judgment filed by Texaco Inc. ("Texaco") on the question of whether the barge known as the REDFISH is a "vessel." The plaintiff, Cecil Edgar Smith, was employed by Oil Field Maintenance Service, Inc. as a mechanic aboard Texaco's compressor barge REDFISH. Mr. Smith filed this lawsuit on July 28, 1980 under the Jones Act claiming injuries to his back while...

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