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HOLMES v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., INC.

No. 81-3486.

682 F.2d 1143 (1982)

Harry J. HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Edward J. Koehl, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Heisler & Wysocki, James A. Wysocki, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This action was commenced by Harry Holmes against his employer, J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. (McDermott), under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law. Holmes sought to recover for lower-back injuries sustained in 1977 while working as a rigger on a barge owned by McDermott. McDermott appeals from an award of damages against it. Because the order appealed from is not a final judgment, we dismiss this appeal for want...

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