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SMITH v. STATES MARINE INTERN., INC.

No. 88-3152.

864 F.2d 410 (1989)

W.T. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATES MARINE INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants, Central Gulf Lines, Inc., and Anchorage Tankship Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy Guice, Paul T. Benton, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

George R. Alvey, Jefferson R. Tillery, New Orleans, La., for Cent. Gulf Lines, Inc.

Clayton Ramsey, James B. Kemp, Stephanie W. Jumonville, New Orleans, La., for Anchorage Tankship Corp.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, TIMBERS and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The district court rendered a summary judgment deciding that a ship engineer who seeks to recover for a hearing loss occasioned by repeated exposure to loud noises in engine rooms had a reasonable opportunity to discover that his disability was caused by this exposure before he consulted a doctor, and, therefore, that the statute of limitations on his causes of action against the vessels aboard...

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