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SMITH v. DALE HART, INC.

Civ. A. No. 12109.

313 F.Supp. 1164 (1970)

Otis H. SMITH v. DALE HART, INC., Placid Oil Company, J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc. and Marine Taxis, Inc.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

May 21, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darden, Screen & Trice, Phil Trice, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Plauche & Plauche, A. Lane Plauche, Lake Charles, La., for Dale Hart.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, La., for Placid Oil.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, James L. Schupp, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Marine Taxis, Inc. and J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PUTNAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Otis H. Smith, brought this suit under the Jones Act and the General Maritime Law for unseaworthiness and for maintenance and cure, as the result of an accident which he sustained on March 10, 1966, while working aboard a vessel known as the M/V HELEN L. II (Helen L.). Defendants are Dale Hart, Inc. (Hart), his nominal employer, Placid Oil Company (Placid), J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc. (McDermott...

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