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FOSTER v. DESTIN TRADING CORP.

No. 95-CA-226.

670 So.2d 1342 (1996)

Melvin FOSTER and Lou M. Foster v. DESTIN TRADING CORPORATION and Blessey Marine Service, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McKeithen, Rebel G. Ryland, Louis V. Champagne McKeithen, Ryland & Champagne, Columbia, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Melvin Foster and Lou M. Foster.

Daniel E. Knowles, III, Lars O. Perkins Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, for Defendants-Appellees Destin Trading Corp. and Blessey Marine Service, Inc.

Before GOTHARD, CANNELLA and KLIEBERT, JJ.

THOMAS J. KLIEBERT, Judge Ad Hoc.

Plaintiff, Melvin Foster, appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants, Destin Trading Corporation (Destin Trading) and Blessey Marine Service, Inc. (Blessey), dismissing his action under the general maritime law and the Jones Act. (46 U.S.C.App. § 688). We affirm.

Foster and his wife, Lou, filed suit for damages against Destin Trading, as owner of the barges, and against Blessey, as his employer.1...

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