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TRUSSELL v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 84-4405 Summary Calendar.

753 F.2d 366 (1984)

Mae TRUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Robbie TRUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRIGITEMP CORPORATION, et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended February 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess H. Dickinson, Joe Sam Owen, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hopkins, Logan, Vaughn & Anderson, Robert H. Harper, Gulfport, Miss., for intervenor.

Wiesenburg & Reed, Karl Wiesenburg, William F. Jordan, Pascagoula, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims under Mississippi tort law and under Section 905(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LSHWA). We affirm the dismissal of the section 905(b) claim and reverse the dismissal of the state tort action.

I.

This case was submitted to the district court on stipulated facts. Appellant...

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