Legal Opinion
Stevens v. East-West Towing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1981No. 79-2875PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
In this admiralty case, plaintiff Robert Stevens brought suit for personal injuries sustained February 4, 1974, while he was working as a deckhand on the tugboat DELTA DAWN at the Westwego facility of Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (Avondale) on the Mississippi River. Stevens sued his employer, East-West Towing Company, Inc. (East-West), under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. He also sued Central Marine Services, Inc. (Central Marine), the owner of Barge W-102 (an appurtenance of which injured Stevens), and Avondale, the bareboat charterer of the barge, under general…
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