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KERSEY v. AMERICAN RIVER TRANSP. CO.

No. CIV.A.03-0789.

353 F.Supp.2d 683 (2004)

Horace KERSEY v. AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

June 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Joseph Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LL & E Tower, New Orleans, LA, Les Anthony Martin, Law Office of Les A. Martin, Gretna, LA, for Horace Kersey, plaintiff.

Georges M. Legrand, Clarence William Emory, Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for American River Transportation Company, defendant.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

LEMMON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Horace Kersey, a seaman, has sued defendant American River Transportation Company (Artco), his employer, for a back injury he alleges he sustained on January 29, 2003 while working aboard Artco's vessel M/V SPARTAN. The parties agreed to bifurcate liability and damages for the non-jury trial. Kersey alleges that he is entitled to recover under the Jones Act, based on the negligence of a fellow...

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