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CAMPO v. ELECTRO-COAL TRANSFER CORP.

No. 89-3738 Summary Calendar.

955 F.2d 10 (1992)

Curtis CAMPO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELECTRO-COAL TRANSFER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline M. Vavrick, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

George R. Alvey, Jr., Edith B. Clement, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Lance S. Ostendorf, David L. Barnett, New Orleans, La., for Intervenor-Nat'l. Union.

Before WILLIAMS, SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

In this maritime personal injury suit Curtis Campo appeals the district court's grant of directed verdict on the issue of Jones Act seaman status. Finding that Campo is foreclosed from seeking Jones Act seaman status because he is covered under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the LHWCA), we affirm.

On motions for directed verdict we consider all of the evidence, not just that which supports Campo's case, in the...

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