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GASPARD v. AMERADA HESS CORP.

No. 93-4865 Summary Calendar.

13 F.3d 165 (1994)

Elroy GASPARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERADA HESS CORP., et al., Defendants, Amerada Hess Corp. and Owensby & Kritikos, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Stefanski, Edwards, Stefanski, Barousse, Cunningham, Stefanski & Zaunbrecher, Crowley, LA, for Gaspard.

Kenneth W. Benson, Jr., Borello & Giardina, Baton Rouge, LA, for Liberty Mut.

Mark A. Lowe, Liskow & Lewis, Layfayette, LA, for Amerada Hess.

Randell E. Treadway, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller & Breckinridge, New Orleans, LA, for Owensby & Kritikos.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant Elroy Gaspard fell off a wharf while attempting to board the barge M/V BOB III and was injured. The question in this case is whether the district court had admiralty jurisdiction over Gaspard's personal injury claims against the wharfinger and the wharfinger's agent. The district court concluded that it had no jurisdiction. We AFFIRM.

I.

Defendant/appellee Amerada Hess Corp. owns the "New Facility", an oil...

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