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KELLEY v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL CO. OF AMERICA

Civ. A. No. 86-2679.

666 F.Supp. 890 (1987)

Daniel E. KELLEY v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY OF AMERICA.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Anzelmo, Monroe, La., for plaintiff.

Thomas M. Richard, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, La., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MENTZ, District Judge.

The Court has before it the motion of the defendant, Western Geophysical Company of America, for partial summary judgment. The plaintiff was injured when a compressor, located aboard the defendant's seismic vessel the WESTERN PASSAGE, exploded. It is undisputed that the Oceanographic Research Vessels Act (ORVA), 46 U.S.C. § 441 et seq., applies to both the vessel and the plaintiff.1...

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