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BUTLER v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORP.

No. 92-71.

633 So.2d 1274 (1994)

John William BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, for John William Butler.

James Buckner Doyle, Lake Charles, for Zapata Haynie Corp.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and STOKER, THIBODEAUX, COOKS and SAUNDERS, JJ.

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

In this action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, for negligence, the general maritime law for unseaworthiness of the vessel, and for punitive damages, attorney fees, and penalties for failure to provide maintenance and cure, the plaintiff, John Butler, appeals a judgment in favor of Zapata Haynie Corporation, defendant and owner of the fishing vessel, M/V Oyster Bayou, on which plaintiff claims he was injured on April 24, 1989...

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