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SIMMONS v. HOPE CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. CA 86 1305.

517 So.2d 333 (1987)

Bennie SIMMONS v. HOPE CONTRACTORS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque B. Pucheu, Jr., Eunice, Joe Payne Williams, Natchitoches, for Bennie Simmons and Elizabeth Ann Cobb Simmons.

Robert L. Picou, Jr., Houma, for Hope Contractors, Inc. and Reliance Ins. Co.

Michael McGinnis, New Orleans, for Odeco, Inc.

Before LANIER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.

LeBLANC, Judge.

Plaintiff, Bennie Simmons, injured his back while working on an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Simmons, a member of the crew of a lift barge called Southern Cross # 1, filed suit in the district court against Hope Contractors, Inc., his employer; Reliance Insurance Co. of Illinois, Hope Contractor's insurer; and ODECO, Inc., the owner of the platform. Mr. Simmons filed this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime...

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