Howell v. American Casualty Co.

BARRY, Judge.

This lawsuit arose because of injuries sustained by Finley Richard Howell, plaintiff, while he was working for Tilden J. Elliott Contractor, Inc. (Tilden Elliott) on a barge owned or chartered by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Howell sued Chevron, Tilden Elliott, and its insurer, American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. under the Jones Act and general maritime law. In a supplemental petition Howell added Lloyd’s Underwriters, Tilden Elliott’s insurer, as a defendant. Tilden Elliott third partied American Casualty Company, Lloyd’s Underwriters, Jefferson Underwriters, Edward Brennan, and…