Legal Opinion
LaFleur v. P & S Well Service No. 5, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 13, 1988No. 88-CA-0686PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PLOTKIN, Judge.
Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment denying his Jones Act claim. We affirm.
Plaintiff Mansel J. LaFleur was injured October 10, 1984, while working as a painter/sandblaster for defendant Bo-Mick Construction Company, Inc. (hereinafter Bo-Mick). He alleges his injuries occurred while he was stepping from a vessel, the L/B Gear Elevator, to the fixed platform on which his duties were performed. He brought suit based upon 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 (the Jones Act) and General Maritime Laws of the United States, or, in the alternative, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., (the…
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