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CHRISTOFF v. BERGERON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 83-3437.

748 F.2d 297 (1984)

Nathaniel CHRISTOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. BERGERON INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dalton, Gillen & Roniger, Gregory W. Roniger, Jefferson, La., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Bailey & Leininger, B. Ralph Bailey, Samuel J. Muldavin, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before GEE, POLITZ, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

After a bench trial, Nathaniel Christoff was awarded $18,761.79 in damages against his employer, Bergeron Industries, Inc., for injuries Christoff suffered when he fell through a hole on the deck of an uncompleted barge that Bergeron owned and was building. Christoff challenges the trial court's conclusion that he was 50% negligent and its computation of damages. Bergeron cross-appeals, arguing that it acted as a shipbuilder...

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