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SAFFRHAN v. BUCK STEBER, INC.

Civ. A. No. 75-2464.

433 F.Supp. 129 (1977)

Raymond W. SAFFRHAN, Plaintiff, v. BUCK STEBER, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

May 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Caruso, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Raymond W. Saffrhan.

Francis Emmett, R. A. Redwine, New Orleans, La., for Murphy Pacific Marine Salvage Co.

Joel L. Borello, New Orleans, La., Nathan Greenberg, Gretna, La., for Buck Steber, Inc.

John R. Schupp, New Orleans, La., Thomas L. Jones, Dept. of Justice, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Washington, D. C., for United States.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The plaintiff, a diver tender, was injured while employed by a private corporation which, under contract with the United States, was engaged in clearing sunken vessels from the Suez Canal after the events of the 1973 Mid-East War. Contending that he was a Jones Act employee of the private corporation, he asked for a jury trial. He also sued the United States as a co-defendant for maritime negligence. Both the United States and the private...

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