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BELTIA v. SIDNEY TORRES MARINE TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 81-3623.

701 F.2d 491 (1983)

Patsy Ann BELTIA, Wife of Hillyard Sonnier, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIDNEY TORRES MARINE TRANSPORT, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abadie, Cooper & Harang, Charles B. Colvin, John J. Cooper, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Clayton G. Ramsey, Bettye A. Barrios, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges:

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Patsy Ann Beltia ("Mrs. Sonnier") has brought suit against Sidney Torres Marine ("Torres") for a loss of society claim. Mrs. Sonnier asks this Court to recognize an action for loss of society based on negligence under the Jones Act or the general maritime law and to find that her loss of society claim based on unseaworthiness was not barred by collateral estoppel. We decline to do either.

I.

On March 25, 1977, Hillyard Sonnier...

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