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CHAMPAGNE v. M/V COVER STATION

No. 87-CA-104.

508 So.2d 881 (1987)

James E. CHAMPAGNE v. M/V COVER STATION, its Owner, Continental Reserve Elevator Corporation, and their liability insurance carrier, Aetna Life & Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Faucheux, Jr., Reserve, for plaintiff-appellant James E. Champagne.

John S. Hunter, William D. Cass, Courtenay, Forstall, Grace & Hebert, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Continental Reserve Elevator Corp. and Eagle Star Ins. Co. of America.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and WICKER, JJ.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

James E. Champagne, plaintiff, takes this appeal from the granting of a motion for summary judgment dismissing his claim for personal injuries and damages against Continental Reserve Elevator Corporation (Continental) and its Jones Act insurer, Eagle Star Insurance Company of America (Eagle) under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688) and the general maritime law, and Section 5(b) of the LSHWCA (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).

In his reasons for judgment...

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