DEHART v. FERRUZZI U.S.A., INC.

No. 95-CA-0653.

663 So.2d 466 (1995)

Joseph Daniel DEHART v. FERRUZZI U.S.A., INC., The M/V Mr. Paul, Barge "A" and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Blake Jones, David C. Whitmore, Scheuermann and Jones, New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellee (Joseph Daniel Dehart).

Wilton E. Bland, III, C. William Emory, Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, for Defendants-Appellants (Ferruzzi U.S.A., Inc., the M/V Mr. Paul, Barge "A" and ABC Insurance).

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Joseph Daniel Dehart, was injured on July 5, 1989, while employed by defendant Ferruzzi U.S.A., Inc., as a deckhand aboard the M/V Mr. Paul. Plaintiff brought suit against defendants [hereinafter collectively referred to as "Ferruzzi"] in civil district court seeking damages for negligence as a seaman under the Jones Act and for the unseaworthiness of the M/V Mr. Paul, as well as maintenance and cure. The case was tried on August 24, 1994...

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