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ARCENEAUX v. LYKES BROS. S.S. CO., INC.

No. 09-93-089 CV.

890 S.W.2d 191 (1994)

John ARCENEAUX, Rose Arceneaux and Texas Employers Insurance Association, Appellants, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided December 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Schechter, Houston, Woodson E. Dryden, Dryden, Watson, Grossheim & Jamail, Beaumont, for appellants.

Robert Keith Drummond, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Richard E. Hanson, Brown, Sims, Wise & White, Houston, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, William M. Tolin, III, Hubert Oxford, III, Benckenstein & Oxford, Beaumont, for appellees.

Louis M. Scofield, Jr., Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for intervenor.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BROOKSHIRE and BURGESS, JJ.

OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a maritime personal injury action. On January 21, 1985, John Arceneaux was a longshoreman working aboard the S/S JOSEPH LYKES when he fell forty feet from a ladder to the deck below. The S/S JOSEPH LYKES was owned, operated, and manned by appellee LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC., hereinafter referred to as LYKES. The subject vessel was originally built by appellee LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., formerly known as INGALLS SHIPBUILDING...

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