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WRIGHT v. HOLLYWOOD MARINE, INC.

No. 99-CA-3221.

789 So.2d 49 (2001)

William WRIGHT v. HOLLYWOOD MARINE, INC., National Marine, Inc., 5-J's Towing, Inc. and ABC Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Blake Jones, David C. Whitmore, Scheuermann & Jones, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Scott R. Wheaton Jr., J. Clayton Davie Jr., Lugenbhuh, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant (2-W Towing, Inc.).

Patrick J. Veters, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees (National Marine, Inc. and 5-J's Towing, Inc.).

Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge PATRICK M. SCHOTT, Pro Tempore.

KIRBY, Judge.

This is a maritime case brought in state court pursuant to the "Savings to Suitors" clause. Plaintiff, William Wright, and defendant, 2-W Towing, Inc., both appeal the trial court's judgment, which found each fifty percent (50%) at fault in the accident that forms the basis of this lawsuit.

The accident occurred on June 2, 1995 while plaintiff was performing his duties as a deckhand aboard the M/V REBEL, a vessel owned and operated by plaintiff...

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