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CHEVIS v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 4621.

228 F.Supp. 642 (1964)

Merla Mae CHEVIS et al., Plaintiffs, v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORPORATION and Maritime Overseas Corporation, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. JAMES J. FLANAGAN SHIPPING CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Intervenor and Fourth-Party Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

April 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Brown, Jr., Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Edward W. Watson, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Galveston, Tex., for defendants and third-party plaintiffs.

Louis V. Nelson, Strong, Pipkin, Strong & Nelson, Beaumont, Tex., for third-party defendants and fourth-party plaintiffs.

Carl O. Bue, Jr., and Ben L. Reynolds, Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for intervenor and fourth-party defendant.

FISHER, District Judge.

This is a civil action for actual and exemplary damages brought under the Texas Wrongful Death Statutes, Vernon's Ann.Tex.St. arts. 4671 et seq., and art. 16, § 26 of the Texas Constitution Vernon's Ann.St.

Austin Chevis, a longshoreman employed by James J. Flanagan Shipping Corporation, was accidentally killed at Beaumont, Texas, while working aboard the Steamship LENA LUCKENBACH. Owner of the vessel was Luckenbach Overseas Corporation...

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