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ADAMS v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 80-3141.

640 F.2d 618 (1981)

Robert J. ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellant, v. L & R EYMARD, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

March 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Salley, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, R. Joshua Koch, Jr., Rufus C. Harris, Jr., New Orleans, La., for L & R Eymard, Inc.

Before GEE, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The appeal before us presents but a single issue: Where a shipowner whose negligence has contributed to the injury has paid maintenance and cure benefits to an injured (and contributorily negligent) seaman, is that shipowner entitled to contribution for maintenance and cure from a third-party joint tortfeasor whose negligence likewise contributed to the injury? The district court held that the shipowner is entitled to contribution under...

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