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DAGGS v. MARTIN

No. 2002 CA 1799.

851 So.2d 1190 (2003)

James L. DAGGS v. Bobby MARTIN & Gulf Inland Contractors, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant James L. Daggs.

Daniel Caruso, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Gulf/Inland Contractors, Inc.

Before: FOIL, McCLENDON, and KLINE, J.J.

McCLENDON, J.

On appeal in this admiralty case brought pursuant to 33 U.S.C.A. § 905(b), the plaintiff challenges the dismissal of his action for damages based on a holding that his injuries were due to vessel negligence rather than employer negligence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Gulf/Inland Contractors, Inc. is in the business of constructing offshore well jackets, platforms and similar structures. On June 30, 1998, it began construction of...

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