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COTO v. J. RAY McDERMOTT, S.A.

Nos. 96-CA-2701, 96-CA-2702.

709 So.2d 1023 (1998)

Odilon Chacha COTO, et al. v. J. RAY McDERMOTT, S.A., et al. Mario Arturo MARTINEZ, et al. v. J. RAY McDERMOTT, S.A., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ M. Herman, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotler, New Orleans, and Randy J. Ungar, Randy J. Ungar & Associates, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Scott A. Decker, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees J. Ray McDermott, S.A., et al.

James Sentner, Orin H. Lewis, Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, L.L.P., Houston, TX, and George J. Fowler, III, Paul N. Vance, Edward F. LeBreton, III, Rice & Fowler, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees Gulf Technical Services Corporation, CCC Fabricaciones Y Construcciones, S.A. de C.V., Corporacion de Industrias Y Construcciones, S.A. de C.V.

Before BARRY, WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.

LANDRIEU, Judge.

Appellants are citizens of Mexico. They are surviving crew-members and representatives of deceased crew-members of the Derrick Lay Barge 269, which sank off the Yucatan Peninsula in the Bay of Campeche on October 15, 1993, during Hurricane Roxanne. Approximately 250 people were aboard as crew, including United States citizens and Louisiana residents. At the time the vessel sank, it was under tow by the M/V Captain John and the M/V North Carolina....

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