MILLER v. AMERICAN DREDGING CO.

No. 91-C-1524.

595 So.2d 615 (1992)

William Robert MILLER, Sr. v. AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Falcon, New Orleans, for applicant.

Thomas J. Wagner, Whitney L. Cole, Wagner & Bagot, New Orleans, Russell S. Stegeman, Gretna, for respondents.

Lawrence S. Kullman, New Orleans, David W. Robertson, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Kenneth J. Servay, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for amicus curiae, Intern. Shipping Federation & Intern. Chamber of Shipping.

George W. Healy, III, New Orleans, Kenneth H. Volk, Lizabeth L. Burrell, New York City, for amicus curiae, Maritime Law Assn.


MARCUS, Justice.

In August 1987, William R. Miller, a Mississippi resident, moved to Pennsylvania and was employed as a seaman by the American Dredging Co. (ADC), a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business in Camden, New Jersey, and with a registered agent for service of process in New Orleans, Louisiana.1 Miller was injured on the Delaware River while in the course and scope of his employment on the M/V JOHN R., a...

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