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PARKS v. PINE BLUFF SAND & GRAVEL CO.

No. 97-682.

712 So.2d 905 (1998)

Richard J. PARKS, Jr., et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PINE BLUFF SAND & GRAVEL CO., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold Edward Knoll, Marksville, Richard Joseph Arsenault, Alexandria, for Richard Joseph Parks, Jr., et al.

Rufus Carrollton Harris, III, J. Fredrick Kessenich, Alfred J. Rufty, Jr., Spiro J. Verras, New Orleans, for Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.

Before COOKS, WOODARD and PICKETT, JJ.

WOODARD, Judge.

Richard J. Parks, Jr. (Parks) injured his back when he fell into the Red River from a floating pontoon pipeline while attempting to secure this floating structure to a wall in a lock on the river. At the time of his injury, he was employed by Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company (Pine Bluff). Parks brought this action under 46 U.S.C.App. Sec. 688, commonly referred to as the Jones Act, and general maritime law, pursuant to the "savings to suitors"...

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