MURPHY v. L&L MARINE TRANSP., INC.

No. 97-CA-33.

695 So.2d 1045 (1997)

Carmelo MURPHY, Jr. v. L&L MARINE TRANSPORTATION, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Birdsall, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellee Carmelo Murphy, Jr.

Timothy F. Burr, Jason P. Waguespack, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant L&L Marine Transportation, Inc.

Before GAUDIN, BOWES and CANNELLA, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

L&L Marine Transportation Inc., appellant herein, appeals a partial summary judgment of the trial court granting maintenance and cure benefits to appellee, Carmelo Murphy. For the following reasons we reverse.

Appellee filed a petition in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court for damages, for injuries received as a deck hand aboard a vessel owned by appellant L&L. The suit alleged claims of negligence and unseaworthiness (admiralty...

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