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HOWELL v. AMERICAN CAS. CO. OF READING

No. 96-CA-0694.

691 So.2d 715 (1997)

Finley Richard HOWELL v. AMERICAN CASUALTY CO. OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, Tilden Elliott Contractors, Inc. and Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr., Ben O. Schupp, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., Hulse & Wanek, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania.

D. Kirk Boswell, John A. Scialdone, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancy, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant Rupert Murray Collins, as Lloyd's Underwriters' Nominee.

Robert A. Redwine, New Orleans, William J. Larzelere, Richard E. Jussaume, Jr., Larzelere & Picou, L.L.P., Metairie, for Defendant/and Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant and Third-Party Defendant/Appellee Tilden J. Elliott Contractor, Inc.

Walter Landry Smith, Baton Rouge, and Philip F. Cossich, Jr., Belle Chasse, for Plaintiff/Appellant Finley Richard Howell.

Before ARMSTRONG, JONES and MURRAY, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is a maritime personal injury action. The plaintiff, Finley Richard Howell, was employed by defendant Tilden J. Elliott Contractors, Inc. ("Elliott") aboard the self-propelled barge M/V BIG JIM. The BIG JIM was owned by defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron"). Elliott, pursuant to a contract with Chevron, supplied the entire crew of the BIG JIM which consisted of a foreman, Mr. Howell as the crane operator, two welders, two welders' helpers...

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