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CREPPEL v. AMERICAN TUGS, INC.

No. 95-CA-696.

668 So.2d 374 (1996)

Manuel CREPPEL v. AMERICAN TUGS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1996.

Writ Denied April 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Waldmann, Michael S. Zerlin and Frank J. D'Amico, Jr., Waldmann & Harrington, Gretna, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Manuel Creppel.

Bert M. Cass, Jr., W. Lee Kohler and Gene R. Smith, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee, American Tugs, Inc.

Before CANNELLA and WICKER, JJ., and REMY CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.

REMY CHIASSON, Judge, Pro Tem.

Plaintiff, Manuel Creppel, injured his back on August 6, 1992 while working as a tugboat captain aboard the vessel M/V John 1:1. The vessel was owned by American Tugs, Inc., which was owned by Autrey Dufrene. Plaintiff filed his Jones Act1 claim in state court against the M/V John 1:1 in rem and American Tugs in personam. After a bench trial, the trial court issued a judgment on December 20...

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