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LOPEZ v. AFRAM LINES (USA) CO., LTD.

No. 96-CA-2832.

696 So.2d 273 (1997)

Wilfredo LOPEZ v. AFRAM LINES (USA) CO., LTD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Colvin, Randy J. Ungar, George W. Byrne, Jr., Randy J. Ungar & Associates, New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, III, Frederick T. Greschner, Jr., Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BARRY and KLEES and JONES, JJ.

JONES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Wilfredo Lopez, a resident of Puerto Rico, filed this seaman's case in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans pursuant to the provisions of the Jones Act and the Savings to Suitors Clause. Named as the sole defendant in the litigation was Afram Lines (USA) Co., Ltd (AFRAM), a foreign corporation which plaintiff alleged was doing business in "this district and state". Plaintiff alleged that while employed as a seaman aboard the...

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