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FOX v. TAYLOR DIVING & SALVAGE CO.

No. 81-3311 Summary Calendar.

694 F.2d 1349 (1983)

Michael D. FOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TAYLOR DIVING & SALVAGE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

W.K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Michael Fox appeals an adverse judgment on his Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and related claims resulting from a physical injury incurred while working on a submarine pipe alignment rig (SPAR). He challenges, inter alia, the holding as a matter of law that he was not a seaman for the purposes of the Jones Act. We affirm the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

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