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DESHOTELS v. SHRM CATERING SERVICES, INC.

No. 87-4798.

842 F.2d 116 (1988)

Joseph Mike DESHOTELS, Plaintiff, v. SHRM CATERING SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith R. Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, La., for third-party defendant-appellant.

Thomas G. O'Brien, Edwin C. Laizer, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellee.

Alex D. Chapman, Jr., J. Wendel Fusilier, VillePlatte, La., for amicus curiae Joseph Mike Deshotels.

Before GEE, RUBIN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

An employer whose insurer became insolvent settled its employee's claim for work-related maritime injuries and sought reimbursement from the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association. The case raises an important and unsettled issue of Louisiana law concerning the Association's obligation to pay a claim brought for maritime-related injuries under a general workers' compensation policy with an endorsement for an employer engaging in maritime...

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