LUNSFORD v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. 85-362.

635 F.Supp. 72 (1986)

Mary LUNSFORD v. The FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

March 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia N. Jackson, Robert T. Garrity, Jr., Harahan, La., for plaintiff.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Antonio J. Rodriguez, Sean F. Murphy, New Orleans, La., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. & Joseph E. Dorignac, Jr.

Courtenay, Forstall, Grace & Hebert, Terrence C. Forstall, New Orleans, La., for Richard Bertram & Co., Inc.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine, Nathan & Winn, Robert E. Winn, Lisa J. Avery-Peck, New Orleans, La., for Whittaker Corp., Bertram Yacht Division.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ARCENEAUX, District Judge.

Plaintiff and defendant filed cross-motions for summary judgment to determine whether plaintiff is a seaman under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688.1 After oral argument on February 26, 1986, the Court granted plaintiff's motion for the following reasons.

The material facts are undisputed. Joseph Dorignac, Jr. (Dorignac) hired plaintiff Mary Lunsford (Lunsford) as a "maid...

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