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PORCHE v. GULF MISSISSIPPI MARINE CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 74-771.

390 F.Supp. 624 (1975)

Horace P. PORCHE, Individually and as administrator of the Estate of Gerald Porche, and Irene M. Porche, Plaintiffs, v. GULF MISSISSIPPI MARINE CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

January 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huntington B. Downer, Jr., Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, La., for plaintiffs.

H. Edward Weidlich, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant Allen Welding.

Winston E. Rice, New Orleans, La., for defendant Coastal Marine, Inc.

Clarence A. Frost, Stanley Loeb, New Orleans, La., for defendant Fluor Ocean Services, Inc.

Terrence C. Forstall, George A. Frilot, III, George B. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for defendant Gulf Mississippi Marine.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The plaintiffs brought this suit to recover damages suffered as a result of the death of their son, Gerald Porche. The decedent was employed by Allen Welding; Allen, pursuant to a contract with Fluor Ocean Services, supplied Porche to work aboard a barge floating offshore and do welding on a pipeline being laid by the barge, replacing a regular Fluor employee who was absent from work. Fluor was to pay Allen an hourly rate for these...

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