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PHILLIPS v. WATER TOWING, INC.

No. 92-CA-1334.

620 So.2d 1387 (1993)

Stephen Michael PHILLIPS and Judith Renee Peterson Phillips v. WATER TOWING, INC., D.W. Reynolds, Inc. and Mississippi Marine Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, Charles R. Ward, Jr., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Anthony J. Staines, Staines & Eppling, Metairie, for Mississippi Marine Corp., defendant/appellee.

Robert H. Murphy, E. Carroll Rogers, Murphy, Williams, Rogers & Sloss, New Orleans, for Standard S.S. Owners' Protection and Indem. Ass'n (Bermuda), Ltd., defendant/ appellee.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.

LANDRIEU, Judge.

In this maritime action, plaintiffs, Stephen Michael Phillips and his wife, Judith Renee Peterson Phillips, appeal the dismissal of Mrs. Phillips' suit on an exception of venue. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 18, 1988, while working as a deckhand aboard the M/V DONNIE RAY, JR. in the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mr. Phillips sustained injuries to his head, neck, back and knees. As he was climbing a flagpole on the...

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