McKEAN v. SKIPPER HYDRAULIC, INC.

No. 91-CA-466.

592 So.2d 433 (1991)

Steve McKEAN and Katrina McKean v. SKIPPER HYDRAULIC, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Keaty, Michel P. Wilty, Keaty & Keaty, Lafayette, for plaintiffs/appellants.

James R. Carter, David J. Mitchell, Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, Steve and Katrina McKean, appeal the trial court's granting of an exception of prescription filed by defendant, Skipper Hydraulic, Inc., in this maritime tort case. We affirm.

Steve McKean alleges he was a seaman and crew member of the M/V "Intrepid" when, on or about March 18, 1987, he was injured after he slipped and fell in hydraulic oil which had leaked from a starboard wench on the vessel. As a result of the accident...

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