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SMITH v. WEEKS MARINE, INC.

No. 09-980.

29 So.3d 1269 (2010)

Clarence SMITH v. WEEKS MARINE, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Gerard Artall, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee-Clarence Smith.

Kevin Reeve Duck, Duck Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee-Clarence Smith.

Matthew Francis Popp, Waits, Emmett & Popp, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant-Weeks Marine, Inc.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, Clarence Smith (Mr. Smith), sustained multiple injuries while quartered on the barge of the defendant-appellant, Weeks Marine, Inc. (Weeks). In June of 2005, Mr. Smith was awakened after midnight by two other crew members who dragged him from his bunk and severely beat him. Mr. Smith filed a petition naming as defendants the two attackers and Weeks, the barge owner/employer. He subsequently amended his petition to add...

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