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GRUBBS v. GULF INTERNATIONAL MARINE, INC.

No. 91-3220.

985 F.2d 762 (1993)

Jonathan P. GRUBBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF INTERNATIONAL MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger S. Bernstein, Bernstein & Bernstein, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Hunter, Terrence C. Forstall, Richard L. Seelman, Courtenay, Forstall, Guilbault, Hunter & Fontana, New Orleans, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before KING, JOHNSON, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We decided in this case that marine protection and indemnity insurance falls within the ocean marine insurance exclusion of the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. § 22:655 (West Supp.1992). In reaching this conclusion, we relied primarily on the Louisiana Supreme Court's reasoning in an analogous case, Backhus v. Transit Cas. Co., 549 So.2d 283 (La.1989). The Louisiana high court held that marine protection...

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