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FLETCHER v. EXXON SHIPPING CO.

Civ. A. No. B-88-0608.

727 F.Supp. 1086 (1989)

Dale E. FLETCHER v. EXXON SHIPPING COMPANY.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

August 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dane Jacques, The Jacques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

John P. Forney, Jr., Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

In a move analogous to Brer Rabbit's urgings not to be thrown into the brier patch, Exxon Shipping, a fairly unpopular figure in environmental circles, asks to have this jury case transferred to one of the states in closest proximity to its recent oil spill, Oregon.

During a time when the M/V EXXON WASHINGTON was undergoing repairs in the WSI Shipyard in Oregon, Fletcher, a seaman aboard the M/V EXXON WASHINGTON...

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