PER CURIAM.
La.Rev.Stat. 23:1361, a statute in the Title on Worker's Compensation, grants a special cause of action in tort to an employee against his employer when the employee has been discharged in retaliation for asserting a claim for compensation benefits. As the court of appeal noted, there is no statute which grants an employee a cause of action in tort when his employer discharges a third person in retaliation for the employee's asserting a Jones Act suit...
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