Legal Opinion
Zuspann v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1995No. 94-50698PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff/appellant, Gary Zuspann, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his cause of action. We affirm.
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Gary Zuspann served as a Navy cook on the U.S.S. New Orleans during the war in the Persian Gulf. While the ship was anchored in the Persian Gulf, Zuspann was exposed to a variety of pollutants: smoke and debris from oil wells burning nearby, oil-contaminated water from the Gulf, and exhaust fumes from the ship’s generator. After his tour of duty in the Persian Gulf, Zuspann went to the Philippines, where he came into contact with silica-containing…
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