Eubanks ex rel. Ramey v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

REID, Judge.

This matter is before this Court on an appeal from summary judgments in favor of defendants International Harvester Company, Baltimore Contractors, Inc., and New Amsterdam Casualty Company.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff Billie Kathryn Eubanks for the use and benefit of her minor daughter, Marilyn Kay Ramey for damages resulting from the death of the minor’s father Jeptha Franklin Ramey, Jr., from whom the plaintiff was divorced.

The decedent’s death occurred while performing diving operations in connection with the construction of an underwater tunnel near Houma,…