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GAINES v. DAIICHI CHUO SHIPPING, INC.

No. 95-CA-1597.

673 So.2d 1192 (1996)

John L. GAINES v. DAIICHI CHUO SHIPPING (AMERICAN), INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Bruno and Natasha R. Zimmerman, Bruno and Bruno, New Orleans, for Plaintiff.

Robert B. Fisher, Jr., Douglas L. Grundmeyer, and Scott A. Soule, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for Defendant.

Before BARRY, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.

BYRNES, Judge.

Plaintiff, John L. Gaines, appeals the damage award in his personal injury action arising from his slip and fall on a ship's deck. Defendant, Cavalier Shipping Company ("Cavalier"), answers the appeal, contesting liability, as well as damages. We affirm as amended.

In March 1990, Daiichi Chuo (American) Inc. ("Daiichi") contracted with Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc. ("Cooper") to unload steel coils shipped on Cavalier's vessel, the...

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