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CORMIER v. OCEANIC CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 82-3226. Summary Calendar.

696 F.2d 1112 (1983)

Leland CORMIER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OCEANIC CONTRACTORS, INC. and Insurance Company of North America (a/k/a INA Corporation), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, James H. Daigle, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 29, 1983.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

An employer appeals from an award of damages entered by the trial judge for injuries to a welder, employed by it in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The welder was injured when he fell while working aboard a barge moored for loading. The trial court concluded that the welder was not a Jones Act seaman, that neither the employer nor the employee were negligent, and awarded...

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