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PLAISANCE v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 90-3183.

937 F.2d 1004 (1991)

Mr. & Mrs. Henry PLAISANCE, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Weigand, Weigand & Meyer, Houma, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David E. Faure and John D. Fitzmorris, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Texaco, Inc.

J. Ralph White, and Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Crosby Marine.

Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Today we determine whether there can be recovery under the Jones Act for a purely emotional injury. Concluding for the reasons assigned that such recovery is permissible, but that the claims of appellants herein factually do not qualify, we reach the same result as did the district court and affirm its dismissal.

Background

Henry A. Plaisance, Jr. had over 30 years experience as a tugboat captain, the last 10 of which...

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