LEE v. MISSISSIPPE RIVER GRAIN ELEVATOR

No. 91-CA-0254.

591 So.2d 1371 (1991)

Amy LEE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Ricky Lee, Deceased, and James Rickey Lee, Jr., a Minor, by his Parent and Natural Tutrix, Amy Lee v. MISSISSIPPI RIVER GRAIN ELEVATOR, INC., BARGE DIVISION, and/or Ferruzzi U.S.A., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis F. Nalick, Donald J. Gisevius, Kenner, for plaintiffs.

Wilton E. Bland, III, C. William Emory, Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, for defendants.

Before BARRY, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Amy Lee and her minor son, appeal the trial court's judgment granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in this wrongful death cause of action and dismissing plaintiffs' claim alleging negligence, under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. Section 688 and unseaworthiness under the General Maritime Law.

Ricky Lee was employed as a relief mate on the pushboat M/V Mr. Paul. On August 20, 1986, the M/V Mr. Paul docked at the Waterway Marine...

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