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STASS v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC.

No. 80-3704. Summary Calendar.

720 F.2d 879 (1983)

Dearal STASS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC. and the BARGE "ACBL-920", Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth B. Krobert, Chalmette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert M. Contois, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 19, 1984.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

An injured longshoreman must navigate the channels of the LHWCA before he can drop anchor in the vessel owner's pocketbook and claim his booty.1

Now over a dozen years ago, Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) beached the skow UNSEAWORTHINESS, built by Sieracki,2

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