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WATSON ON BEHALF OF WATSON v. MASSMAN CONST. CO.

No. 87-3485.

850 F.2d 219 (1988)

Elaine WATSON, on Behalf of her minor child, Deshanna WATSON and the Travelers Insurance Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MASSMAN CONSTRUCTION CO., et al., Defendants, C.V. Harold Rubber Co., Inc. and Dixon Valve & Coupling Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Silbert, Metairie, La., for Travelers Ins. Co. and Watson.

J. Daniel Picou, Metairie, La., for C.V. Harold Rubber Co., Inc.

Mike Pfister, Lawrence J. Duplass, New Orleans, La., for Dixon Valve & Coupling Co.

Before BROWN, GEE, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing the suit for lack of admiralty jurisdiction. Because this suit by the survivors of a bridge construction worker who fell to his death in the Mississippi River does not fall within the traditional purview of the admiralty court, we affirm.

The Laborer, The Labor in Non-Maritime Work

Donald White was a laborer employed by Massman Construction...

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