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MARTIN v. BOYD GAMING CORP.

Nos. 03-30389, 03-30459.

374 F.3d 375 (2004)

Mary MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOYD GAMING CORP., doing business as TREASURE CHEST CASINO MV; Treasure Chest Casino, LLC., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Michael Daigle (argued), Law Office of Eric M. Daigle, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Brooks Sloss, James M. Jacobs (argued), Murphy, Rogers & Sloss, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, PRADO and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Mary Martin appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to her employer, Boyd Gaming Corporation, dismissing Martin's Jones Act suit on the ground that she was not a seaman because the floating casino upon which she worked was not a vessel. We affirm.

I.

Mary Martin worked as a cocktail waitress on the TREASURE CHEST CASINO (TREASURE CHEST) from February 6, 1995 until October 7, 2001 when she slipped...

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