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CHAUVIN v. SANFORD OFFSHORE SALVAGE, INC.

No. 87-4795.

868 F.2d 735 (1989)

Wendell A. CHAUVIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SANFORD OFFSHORE SALVAGE, INC., Southern Shipbuilding Corporation and the Barges "X" and "Y", Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. Bourg, II, Edward M. Leonard, Jr., Morgan City, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul C. Miniclier, Winston Rice, New Orleans, La., for Collins.

Kevin J. LaVie, Rufus C. Harris, III, New Orleans, La., for Southern Shipbuilding Corp.

Nan Landry, New Iberia, La., for Sanford Offshore.

Bernard H. Ticer, New Orleans, La., for Ins. Co. of North America.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

We are once again called upon to examine the problem of determining whether a party is a seaman or a longshoreman for purposes of applying either the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The district court determined that the appellant was a longshoreman within the meaning of the LHWCA. Finding that the district court did not err in making this...

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