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JONES v. ST. CHARLES STEEL FABRICATORS, INC.

No. 12521.

422 So.2d 448 (1982)

Herman Wilson JONES v. ST. CHARLES STEEL FABRICATORS, INC., and Glazer Steel Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Dan C. Garner and John G. Munoz, Garner & Munoz, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before GARRISON, AUGUSTINE and WARD, JJ.

AUGUSTINE, Judge.

On January 19, 1972, Herman Wilson Jones, a seaman aboard the shrimp trawler F/V LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE, was sitting on the deck of that vessel repairing a fishing net when one of the boat's steel booms collapsed, falling across Jones' back and causing severe injury. It is alleged that the vessel was operating under normal conditions and "without any unusual circumstances".

Following the accident, Jones filed suit in Federal District Court against...

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