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SMITH v. CLIFF'S DRILLING CO.

No. 89-9.

562 So.2d 1030 (1990)

Cecil L. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLIFF'S DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Henry Sanders, Jena, for plaintiff-appellant.

Preis & Kraft, Edwin G. Preis, Jr., D.C. Panagiotis, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and FORET and STOKER, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Cecil L. Smith, brought suit in state court for injuries he allegedly received while employed as a seaman aboard a vessel in navigable waters. Smith sued under the general maritime law and under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for aggravation of hearing loss and other injuries sustained while working in the engine room of a drilling barge owned by his employer, Cliff's Drilling Company.

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