Legal Opinion
Cotton v. DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO., INC.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 6, 2010No. 2009-CA-0736PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
11 Alton Cotton, Jr., sued his employer, Delta Queen Steamboat Company, Inc. (Delta Queen), claiming that while working aboard the riverboat vessel DELTA QUEEN he was injured in the course of offloading the ship’s garbage up a levee. Claiming that he slipped and fell, hurting his back, he sought damages under the Jones Act 1 and the general maritime law as well as the maintenance and cure due him as a seaman.
Initially paying Mr. Cotton maintenance and cure, Delta Queen after further investigating the alleged incident and Mr. Cotton’s conduct during his brief employment…
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