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ALLEN v. SEACOAST PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 79-3210. Summary Calendar.

623 F.2d 355 (1980)

Whitney ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEACOAST PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Robert W. Clements, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellants.

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, TJOFLAT and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

A tragic maritime accident cost Whitney Allen his right eye. Allen was a seaman board the M/V Louisiana, a Seacoast Products, Inc., vessel. He sued alleging (i) negligence on the part of Seacoast agents and employees under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and (ii) unseaworthiness of the vessel under general maritime law. Seacoast's insurers,1 were also named defendants. The defendants asserted...

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