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SELLERS v. LYKES BROS. S.S. CO. INC.

No. 94-CA-1107.

648 So.2d 496 (1994)

Louis SELLERS v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Bickford, John R. Martzell, James P. Meyer, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Richard D. Bertram, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

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

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is a suit under Jones Act for damages for hearing loss allegedly caused by noise while plaintiff was working aboard defendant's ships between 1951 and 1973. The trial court dismissed the suit on an exception of prescription and plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.

In his petition, filed on September 22, 1993, plaintiff alleged that he sustained a hearing impediment because of his work environment...

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