LANDRY v. JOHN E. GRAHAM & SONS

No. CM/87/0204.

506 So.2d 843 (1987)

Jerry L. LANDRY and His Wife, Elizabeth Hebert Landry v. JOHN E. GRAHAM & SONS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Ramsey, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Ltd., Berwick, for appellees Jerry A. Landry, et al.

Walter W. Christy and Keith D. Frazier, Kullman, Inman, Bee & Downing, New Orleans, and W. Gerald Gaudet, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, for John E. Graham & Sons.

James Hanemann, Jr. and Jack E. Chappuis, Jr., Hanemann & Associates, New Orleans, for Highlands Ins. Co., N.Y. Marine Managers and Ranger Ins. Co.

Mat M. Gray, III, Faris, Ellis, Cutrone & Gilmore, New Orleans, for appellees Dennis Edward Jennings, et al.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

Appellees, Jerry and Elizabeth Landry have filed a motion to dismiss this unlodged appeal, contending the judgment is interlocutory and not appealable.

Jerry Landry was injured when he fell aboard a ship owned by his employer, John Graham & Sons. Landry was employed as a port captain when the accident occurred. Landry and his wife sued Graham in tort, alleging he was a "seaman" under the Jones Act and therefore not limited to state worker...

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