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WILLIAMS v. OFFSHORE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 10382, Division "C".

216 F.Supp. 98 (1963)

Curtis WILLIAMS v. The OFFSHORE COMPANY and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

March 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Hammett, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., of Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

WEST, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this suit sought recovery for personal injuries first, under the Jones Act, secondly, under the General Maritime Law for unseaworthiness of the vessel on which he was employed, third, for maintenance and cure, and, fourth, in the alternative, for recovery under the State Workmen's Compensation Act. The case was tried to a jury on January 7 and 8, 1963, after which the jury found that the plaintiff was, in fact, a seaman working...

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