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ADDISON v. GULF COAST CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC.

No. 84-4131 Summary Calendar.

744 F.2d 494 (1984)

John D. ADDISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF COAST CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. and Texaco, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Farris, Hattiesburg, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., New Orleans, La., Charles A. Schutte, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., John L. Low, IV, Jackson, Miss., Bryant & Stennis, Gulfport, Miss., James O. Dukes, Monroe & Lemann, Nigel E. Rafferty, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. HILL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, John D. Addison, filed this action under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime laws of the United States seeking damages from Gulf Coast Contracting, Inc. (Gulf Coast) and Texaco, Inc. (Texaco) for an injury he suffered while employed as a roustabout on a fixed tank battery platform located at Garden Island Bay, Louisiana. After a trial...

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