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KING v. GRAND CASINOS OF MISS., INC.

No. 95-CA-00478-SCT.

697 So.2d 439 (1997)

Shavonne KING v. GRAND CASINOS OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. — GULFPORT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Santa Cruz, Gulfport, for appellant.

Harry R. Allen, E. Collette Towles, Allen Vaughn Cobb & Hood, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., and MILLS, JJ.

PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. The present appeal arises from a summary judgment ruling against an employee who sued the owners of the Grand Casinos in Gulfport under general maritime law for injuries suffered while working at the casino. The present appeal calls upon this Court to determine whether the Grand Casinos, a shore-side casino constructed partially out of navigable barges, is properly considered to be a "vessel...

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