HAE WOO YOUN v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP.

No. 91-CA-407.

605 So.2d 187 (1992)

HAE WOO YOUN v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP., Atlantia Tanker Corp., and Assuranceforengen Gard.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1992.

Writ Granted on One Application; Writ Denied on Another Application December 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Due, Due, Smith & Caballero, Baton Rouge, Gordon Crawford, Gonzales, Lewis Unglesby, Unglesby & Barrios, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff, appellee.

F. Scott Kaiser, Thomas Kiggins, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Baton Rouge, M.D. Yaeger, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, James B. Kemp, New Orleans, for defendants, appellants.

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Hae Woo Youn, filed suit for damages, naming as defendants Maritime Overseas Corporation (MOC) and Atlantia Tanker Corporation (Atlantia) under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. Section 688 and also the general maritime law pursuant to the "savings to suitors" clause of 28 U.S.C. Section 1333. Youn subsequently amended his petition to also name, as a defendant, Assuranceforeningen GARD (GARD), the marine liability insurer for MOC and Atlantia....

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