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WILCOX v. CARINA MARITIME CORP.

Civ. A. No. B-82-519-CA.

586 F.Supp. 1475 (1984)

Pearly WILCOX, Individually and as next Friend of Jessie Lee Wilcox, Jr., Bonnie Fitzhenry, Hazel Louis Wilcox and Vicky Wilcox v. CARINA MARITIME CORPORATION.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley W. Crawford, Jim Richards, Crawford, Grissom, Crow & Richards, Houston, Tex., Gilbert I. Low, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Hubert Oxford III, Dennis Alenik, Benckenstein, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant.

James B. Warren, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for intervenor.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOE J. FISHER, District Judge.

This maritime personal injury case is before the Court under Section 5(b) of the Longshoreman's and Harborworker's Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. 905(b) (1972). This is a negligence action under that Act, and as such, must be determined under landbased tort concepts. Gay v. Ocean Transport and Trading, Ltd., 546 F.2d 1233, 1235 (5th Cir.1977).

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