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GRIFFIN v. LeCOMPTE

No. 85-C-0016.

471 So.2d 1382 (1985)

Nolan GRIFFIN v. Carl LeCOMPTE, Jr., and General Agents Insurance Company of America, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Jones, Jones, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, for plaintiff-applicant.

Jeffrey M. Cole, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, for defendant-respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

Does a shipowner owe a warranty of seaworthiness to a participant in a seafaring venture who is injured in the service of the ship?

On August 30, 1980, plaintiff, Nolan Griffin, a shrimper for over forty years, injured his hand when a shrimp boat's motor failed and his hand was caught in the winch cable.1 He has a twenty percent permanent disability of the left hand.2 At the time of...

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