Bogan v. BARGE T-13315B

OPINION

ARCENEAUX, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while moving the barge covers of a grain barge during unloading operations. Plaintiff has sued his employer ITO Corporation (“ITO”) (formerly Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.) under 46 U.S.C. § 688 (the “Jones Act”) and § 905(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b); plaintiff also sued the grain barge owner Marine Equipment Company, the bareboat charterer of the grain barge United Barge Company, and “Certain Underwriters at Lloyds” (collectively…