IN THE MATTER OF COMPLAINT OF PATTON-TULLY TRANSP. CO.

No. 85-4539.

797 F.2d 206 (1986)

In the Matter of the Complaint of PATTON-TULLY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Owner of the MI-183-WR for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, PATTON-TULLY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Patricia June RATLIFF, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Lee Ratliff, Deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Beanland, Vicksburg, Miss., for appellant.

William M. Bost, Jr., Ellis, Braddock & Bost, Gerald E. Braddock, Vicksburg, Miss., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 9, 1986.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

We are asked to review district court determinations that an employee who died in the swamping of a 16-foot skiff was a Jones Act seaman, and that his employer was not entitled to a limitation of liability under 46 U.S.C. § 183(a) because it had privity or knowledge of the condition that caused the accident. We are also asked to review the appropriateness...

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