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JONES v. SONAT, INC. MASTER EMP. BEN. PLAN ADMIN. COM.

No. 92-3687 Summary Calendar.

997 F.2d 113 (1993)

John Morsel JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SONAT, INC. MASTER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert H. Hanemann, Jr., Gerald J. Huffman, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for defendant-appellant.

George N. Bischof, Jr., J. Wayne Mumphrey, Chalmette, LA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant SONAT Inc. Master Employee Benefits Plan Administrative Committee (the SONAT Committee) appeals from a judgment that it wrongfully set off the proceeds of a Jones Act settlement against benefits owed to Plaintiff-Appellee John M. Jones under the SONAT Inc. Disability Plan (the SONAT Plan). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Jones was injured while in the course and scope of his employment for Southern Natural Gas...

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