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TEXACO, INC. v. WILLIAMS

No. 94-30191.

47 F.3d 765 (1995)

TEXACO, INC., as owner, praying for exoneration from and/or limitation of liability, et al., etc., Petitioners-Appellees, v. Paul WILLIAMS and Harrison Ellender, Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 25, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Smith, Pamela M. West, New Orleans, LA, for Williams.

Danny J. Lirette, St. Martin, Lirette, Shea, Watkins & McNabb, Houma, LA, for Ellender.

Grady S. Hurley, Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrire & Denigre, John Donellan Fitzmorris, Jr., Texaco, Inc., Legal Dept., New Orleans, LA, for appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 25, 1995.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Background

On August 24, 1993, a fire and an explosion occurred on the T/B BUSTER LEE, a barge owned by Texaco, Inc. (Texaco) and bare boat chartered by Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc. (TEPI). Appellants Ellender and Williams, employees of TEPI, were severely burned in the accident. Appellant Ellender filed a Jones Act claim in Louisiana...

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