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BARRY v. PLAQUEMINE TOWING CORP.

No. 96 CA 0979.

698 So.2d 1017 (1997)

Charles Robert BARRY, III v. PLAQUEMINE TOWING CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Schmolke, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee Charles Robert Barry, III.

Alan K. Breaud, Lafayette, for Defendant-Appellant, Plaquemine Towing Corp.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and LeBLANC, FOIL, FOGG and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

Plaquemine Towing Corporation appeals the judgment of the trial court finding that plaintiff, Charles Robert Barry (Barry), a Jones Act seaman, was injured in the course and scope of his employment. We reverse.

FACTS

On April 25, 1993, the date of the alleged accident, Barry was employed by Plaquemine Towing as a deckhand. Barry was one of a two man crew assigned to the M/V Robert Banta, with the other crew member being the...

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