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PRATT v. UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO.

Civ. A. No. 83-1910.

585 F.Supp. 1573 (1984)

Ekundayo PRATT v. UNITED ARAB SHIPPING COMPANY.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

May 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. McArdle and Laura E. Fahy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., New Orleans, La., for United Arab Shipping Co.

OPINION

ARCENEAUX, District Judge.

Ekundayo Pratt, a citizen of Sierra Leone, brought this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime law against his employer, the United Arab Shipping Company (United Arab), a Kuwaiti joint venture corporation, to recover for injuries sustained on September 29, 1978 in the service of the M/V ARAFAT, as that vessel plied the waters of the Persian Gulf. Defendant moved to dismiss the case on...

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