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BALASHOV v. BALTIC SHIPPING CO.

No. 96-CA-1129.

687 So.2d 1101 (1997)

Vitalij BALASHOV v. BALTIC SHIPPING COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Broders, Elizabeth Slatten Healy, Jonathan H. Sandoz, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, Matthew D. Baxter, Egorov, Pughinsky, Afanafiev & Juring, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Richard J. Dodson, David C. Vidrine, Dodson & Vidrine, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BYRNES, ARMSTRONG and PLOTKIN, JJ.

BYRNES, Judge.

The plaintiff, Vitalij Balashov, allegedly sustained severe injuries while working on board the defendant, Baltic Shipping Company's vessel, the M/V Sverdlovsk. Plaintiff ascribes these injuries to the negligence of Baltic's employees and to the unseaworthiness of the vessel.

The proceedings commenced on November 30, 1995 with the seizure of a Baltic vessel within the jurisdiction of the lower court pursuant to a nonresident writ of attachment...

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