Warmack v. Direct Workforce Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
I,Dale Warmack appeals the trial court’s decision finding that general maritime law does not apply to his personal injury lawsuit. Finding that the Mississippi Queen was not a “vessel” at the time of Mr. Warmack’s injury, the trial judge concluded that Mr. Warmack could not satisfy the situs and nexus test for applying general maritime law and granted the motion for partial summary judgment filed by Direct Workforce, Inc.1 and its insurer, Lexington Insurance Company.2
*807On our de novo review of this partial summary judgment, we conclude that there is a genuine issue of…
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