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HEINHUIS v. VENTURE ASSOCIATES, INC.

Nos. 89 CW 1236, 89 CW 1258 and 89 CW 1282.

558 So.2d 1244 (1990)

Bruce HEINHUIS, et al. v. VENTURE ASSOCIATES, INC. OF LOUISIANA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied April 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. LaRussa, Houma, for plaintiffs and appellees, Bruce Heinhuis, et al.

Stephen C. Carleton, New Orleans, for defendant and appellee, Chevron U.S.A.

Timothy F. Burr, New Orleans, for defendant and appellee, Venture Associates, Inc.

W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, for defendant and appellee, Norman Offshore Pipelines, Inc.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether a plaintiff loses his statutory right to elect a nonjury trial in an admiralty-general maritime case when he incorporates within his suit a demand against his employer under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.App. § 688) and an allegedly land-based action for personal injuries.

Plaintiffs (Bruce Heinhuis and his wife, individually and on behalf of their minor children) brought suit in state court for injuries...

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