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ABUAN v. SMEDVIG TANKSHIPS, LTD.

No. 96-CA-1013.

717 So.2d 1194 (1998)

Nestor ABUAN, as guardian on Behalf of Carlos VALDEZ v. SMEDVIG TANKSHIPS, LTD., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, David C. Vidrine, Kenneth H. Hooks, III, Dodson & Vidrine, APLC, Baton Rouge, and A.N. Yiannopoulos, Professor, Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, Tulane University, New Orleans, and Symeon Symeonides, Professor of Law, Baton Rouge, and B.K. Agnihotri, Chancellor and Professor of Law, Southern University, Law Center, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff/Appellee Nestor Abuan, as guardian on Behalf of Carlos Valdez.

David B. Lawton, L.R. DeBuys, IV, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellants Smedvig Tankships, Ltd., et al.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BARRY, KLEES, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ.

MURRAY, Judge.

The defendants, Smedvig Tankships, Ltd., Smedvig Tankships (Agencies), Ltd., Smedvig Tankships Management, Ltd., Smedvig Tankships, A.S., a/d/a Smedvig Tankrederi A.S., Peder Smedvig, A.S., Peder Smedvig Singapore, Ptd., Ltd., K.S. Smedvig Tankers V, and K.S. Smedvig Tankers VI, (hereafter referred to as the Smedvig group) appeal a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Carlos Valdez1, in the amount of $5,042,563.00, plus costs...

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