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COE v. L & L SANDBLASTING, INC.

Civ. A. No. 85-1001.

707 F.Supp. 874 (1988)

James COE v. L & L SANDBLASTING, INC., et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

October 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Guillory, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff.

Pucheu & Pucheu, Jacque B. Pucheu, Jr., Eunice, La., and Christovich & Kearney, Paul G. Preston, New Orleans, La., for L & L Sandblasting, Inc. and Shell Oil Co. Offshore, Inc.

Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Veron, and Rudie R. Soileau, Jr., Lake Charles, La., for Ins. Co. of N. America.

Abbott, Webb, Best & Meeks, Laurence E. Best and W. Patrick Klotz, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Elevating Boats, Inc.

Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, La., for Louisiana Ins. Guar. Assn. (Judith R. Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, and Carey J. Guglielmo, of counsel).

MEMORANDUM RULING

WALTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this Jones Act suit for damages and maintenance and cure as a result of injuries he allegedly suffered while working aboard a jack-up barge in navigable waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. One of the named defendants, L & L Sandblasting, Inc. ("L & L"), plaintiff's employer, moved for summary judgment on the basis that plaintiff was not a seaman and was not covered by the...

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