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BROUSSARD v. SABINE TOWING & TRANSP.

Civ. A. No. B-87-01034-CA.

729 F.Supp. 521 (1989)

Angela BROUSSARD, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arthur Wayne Broussard, Deceased, and as Next Friend of Shane Arthur Broussard, Elli Michelle Broussard and Sarah Catherine Broussard v. SABINE TOWING & TRANSPORTATION, Coastal Marine Service of Texas, The Lincoln Electric Company.

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

June 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Parker, Port Arthur, Tex., and Wayne Reaud and Joseph C. Blanks, Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Mark Freeman, Wells, Peyton, Greenberg, Hunt & Crawford, Beaumont, Tex., for Coastal Services.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

I.

On July 1, 1987, the decedent, Arthur Wayne Broussard, was employed as a welder/shipfitter by Gulf Copper & Manufacturing. At 10:30 a.m. that day, while apparently backwelding a steel plate in the lower port coffer dam aboard the S.S. SABINE, Mr. Broussard was electrocuted.

The vessel was owned by Sabine Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. (Sabine Towing), and, at the time of the decedent...

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