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THIBODEAUX v. TORCH, INC.

No. 88-4004 Summary Calendar.

858 F.2d 1048 (1988)

Cleveland Luke THIBODEAUX, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TORCH, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Jones, Jones & Fuhrer, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Maginnis, Timothy P. Hurley, Gerard J. Sonnier, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge and JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 1, 1988.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Cleveland Luke Thibodeaux, Jr. brought the instant suit against his former employer, defendant Torch, Inc., under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, for injuries suffered by Thibodeaux during the course of his employment with Torch. The district court concluded that, at the time of his injury, Thibodeaux was covered under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation...

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