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JACKSON v. NORTH BANK TOWING CORP.

No. 99-30030.

201 F.3d 415 (2000)

Warren Roy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH BANK TOWING CORPORATION; et al., Defendants, North Bank Towing Corporation and J. Ray McDermott, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Michael Wiles, Law Offices of Stephen M. Wiles, Marrero, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Bedford Tompkins, Norman C. Sullivan, Jr., Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, for North Bank Towing Corp.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Ann Allen Arceneaux, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for J. Ray McDermott, Inc.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Warren Jackson appeals the dismissal of his foreign law tort claims for negligence and maintenance and cure. Concluding that the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, does not prohibit maritime claims brought pursuant to foreign laws, we reverse and remand.

I.

Jackson, a non-resident alien and citizen of Honduras, was employed as a seaman by North Bank Towing Corporation, a Louisiana corporation, aboard M/V MARTHA EUGENIA, owned and operated...

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