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GAUTHIER v. CROSBY MARINE SERVICE, INC.

No. 83-3374.

752 F.2d 1085 (1985)

Leonard GAUTHIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. CROSBY MARINE SERVICE, INC., American Marine Services, Inc. and Exxon Corporation, Defendants-Third-Party-Plaintiffs, Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. DIXIE OIL TOOLS, INC., Defendants-Third-Party-Defendant, Cross-Appellee, and L. Griffin, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Paul M. Lavelle, A. Gordon Grant, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Leonard Gauthier.

E. Burt Harris, Elliott G. Courtright, New Orleans, La., for Exxon.

Rene A. Pastorek, Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr., Daniel A. Ranson, Gretna, La., for Dixie Oil Tools, Inc.

Johnson & McAlpine, John B. Peuler, Michael L. McAlpine, New Orleans, La., for Crosby Marine Service & American Home.

Waitz, Downer & Best, Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, La., for Mark Drilling, Inc.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Grady S. Hurley, New Orleans, La., for L. Griffin.

Brame, Bergstedt & Brame, John E. Bergstedt, Lake Charles, La., for American Marine Service, Inc.

Before GEE, REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Leonard Gauthier brought suit to recover for personal injuries under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1982), general maritime law, and Louisiana state law. Gauthier appeals from: first, judgments entered in accordance with a jury's findings that Crosby Marine, Inc., Gauthier's employer, was not negligent and that the vessel was seaworthy; second, an adverse directed verdict on the state law claim; and third, the district court's ruling...

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