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HOWELL v. AMERICAN CAS. CO.

No. 91-CA-1378.

585 So.2d 647 (1991)

Finley Richard HOWELL v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, Tilden J. Elliott Contractor, Inc. and Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Landry Smith, Baton Rouge, and Philip F. Cossich, Jr., Pivach, Cossich & Picach, Belle Chasse, for plaintiff.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendant, American Cas. Co.

Robert A. Redwine, Sessions & Fishman, New Orleans, for defendant, Tilden J. Elliott Contractor, Inc.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

This lawsuit arose because of injuries sustained by Finley Richard Howell, plaintiff, while he was working for Tilden J. Elliott Contractor, Inc. (Tilden Elliott) on a barge owned or chartered by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Howell sued Chevron, Tilden Elliott, and its insurer, American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. under the Jones Act and general maritime law. In a supplemental petition Howell added Lloyd's Underwriters, Tilden Elliott's insurer, as a defendant...

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