Legal Opinion
Hutchison v. Seariver Maritime, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 11, 2009No. 2009 CA 0410PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
|2In this action for damages arising under the Jones Act, the plaintiff, Dusty Hutchison, appeals a judgment of the trial court dismissing his action as abandoned. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Mr. Hutchison filed a seaman’s petition for damages on February 16, 2001, alleging that he was injured on April 2, 2000, while he was employed as a Jones Act seaman aboard the M/V S.R. Chicago, a vessel in navigation that is owned, operated, and/or controlled by the defendant, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.…
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