United States Fifth Circuit

An individual who has invoked his Jones Act seaman status, along with his survivors, may not recover nonpecuniary damages from non-employer third parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/18/2004
• Published 11/19/2004

Judges

• LITTLE, District Judge:, Before JONES and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• A. Remy Fransen, Jr. (argued), Fransen & Hardin, Jodi Jacobs Aamodt, Jacobs, Manuel & Kain, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Roger Douglas Marlow (argued), Hulse & Wanek, Covington, LA, James M. Garner, Martha Y. Curtis, Jacob Albert Airey, Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein, McAlister & Hilbert, New Orleans, LA, for Clemco Industries Inc. and Century Indem. Co., Darrell K. Cherry (argued), Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Pulmosan Safety Equipment Co.