DUNBAR v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES CO.

Civ. A. No. 88-967-B.

771 F.Supp. 151 (1991)

Allen DUNBAR and Rhonda Dunbar v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES COMPANY and Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

August 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith B. Nordyke, Nordyke and Denlinger, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs.

Charles V. Guilbault, Marcy L. Planer, Courtenay, Forstall, Guilbault, Hunter & Fontana, New Orleans, La., for intervenor, Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co.

Glen Goodier, Jones, Walker, Waethter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant, American Commercial Barge Lines Co., Inc.

Wilton E. Bland, III, Alan G. Brackett, New Orleans, La., for defendants, Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc., Ocean Marine Indem. Co., Lloyds and Institute Underwriters, Plimsoll Marine, Inc.

James G. Burke, Jr., William Daniel Wellons, New Orleans, La., for defendant, Lumar Marine.

J. Frederick Kessenich, New Orleans, La., for defendant, Elmar Marine d/b/a Darrow Fleeting.

Robert Clotworthy, New Orleans, La., for defendant, American Home Assur.


RULING ON COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING COMPANY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CONCERNING RHONDA DUNBAR'S CLAIM

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company (Cooper/T. Smith) for summary judgment which seeks to dismiss Rhonda Dunbar's claim for loss of society and consortium. For reasons which follow, the Court finds that the motion for summary judgment should be granted.

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