JACKSON v. NORTH BANK TOWING CORP.

No. 98-1334.

742 So.2d 1 (1999)

Warren Roy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH BANK TOWING CORPORATION, J. Ray McDermott, Inc., and McDermott, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy John Falcon, Stephen M. Wiles, Marrero, for plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter B. Tompkins, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee North Bank Towing Corp.

Francis X. Nuener, Jr., Kevin P. Merchant, LaBorde & Neuner, Lafayette, for Defendant-Appellee J. Ray McDermott, Inc.

BEFORE: SAUNDERS, AMY, and PICKETT, JUDGES.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

The two questions at issue are whether the trial court correctly granted a motion under La.Code Civ.P. art. 123 for summary judgment as to the appellee's Mexican, Honduran, and international law claims not in conflict with 46 U.S.C.App. § 688(b) or any general maritime law; and whether the trial court's use of 46 U.S.C.App. § 688(b), dismissing all Jones Act, general maritime law and international maritime law claims, is proper. In regard...

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