DUCREPONT v. BATON ROUGE MARINE ENTERPRISES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 86-358.

666 F.Supp. 882 (1987)

Ellis J. DUCREPONT v. BATON ROUGE MARINE ENTERPRISES, INC., Federal Insurance Company.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lestelle & Lestelle, Terrence J. Lestelle, New Orleans, La., Kelly & Salim, Donald G. Kelly, Natchitoches, La., for plaintiff.

Abbott, Webb, Best & Meeks, Larry E. Abbott, Elton Duncan, III, Adams & Reese, Edward Rice, Jr., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, Wood Brown, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Defendant's Rule 41(b) motion for an involuntary dismissal squarely raises for the first time since their enactment the question of the applicability of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act's 1984 Amendments to a Section 905(b) negligence action brought by an injured ship repairer against the employer-vessel owner. The Motion to Dismiss of Baton Rouge Marine Enterprises, Inc. is GRANTED. Fed.R.Civ...

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