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TIDEWATER MARINE TOWING v. CURRAN-HOUSTON, INC.

No. 84-3616 Summary Calendar.

785 F.2d 1317 (1986)

In the Matter of TIDEWATER MARINE TOWING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CURRAN-HOUSTON, INC., et al., Defendants, and DOW CHEMICAL CO., Defendant-Appellee, v. Debra Ann VICKNAIR, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Meunier, New Orleans, La., for Vicknair.

S. Gene Fendler, New Orleans, La., for Dow Chemical Co., Placid Oil & Getty Oil Refinfing Wanda Petroleum & Petroleum Properties, Inc.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed the wrongful death action of Debra Ann Vicknair, concluding that "there is no cause of action for death for a common-law spouse under the general maritime law." For the reasons assigned herein, we affirm that dismissal.1

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On September 4, 1979, the propeller of the M/V WHITEFACE struck a high pressure gas pipeline belonging to Dow Chemical...

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