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WELCH v. STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS & PUBLIC TRANSP.

No. 83-2253.

780 F.2d 1268 (1986)

Jean E. WELCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION and the State of Texas, Defendants-Appellees, Drott Manufacturing Company and J.I. Case Co., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Cucullu, Houston, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe Jerrard, Dudley Fowler, Austin, Tex., David Allan Smith, Richard D. Naylor, Asst. Attys. Gen., F. Scott McCown, Austin, Tex., for State Dept. of Highways and State of Tex.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and HILL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jean Welch was injured while working as a marine technician on the ferry landing dock at Galveston, Texas. Claiming under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, she sued her employer, the Texas Highway Department, and the State of Texas, for her injuries. In addition she also sued the manufacturer of the mobile crane which she alleges contributed to her injury.1 Her Jones Act...

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