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THORNTON v. GULF FLEET MARINE CORP., INC.

No. 83-3737 Summary Calendar.

752 F.2d 1074 (1985)

Nellie D. THORNTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. GULF FLEET MARINE CORPORATION, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel P. Loeffelholz, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Miles P. Clements, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Fleet.

Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Hackett & Mount, P.O., J. Michael Veron, Lake Charles, La., for Magcobar Div. of Dresser Ind.

Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr., Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierce & Miller, New Orleans, La., for Chevron.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Nellie D. Thornton, a cook aboard the M/V GULF FLEET 35, was seriously injured and permanently disabled when she slipped and broke her ankle in debarking from the vessel onto a dock by means of a metal ramp. She brought this suit claiming Jones Act negligence (46 U.S.C. § 688) and unseaworthiness against her employer Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, owner and operator of the ship upon which she served, and Magcobar Division...

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