District Court, E.D. Louisiana April 3, 1990, Civ. A. 89-2763 (Matter of Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SEAR, District Judge.

Claimant, David Thompson, filed a Jones Act claim in state court against Petitioner, Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. In this state court action, Thompson alleges that he sustained personal injuries while handling a mooring line from the Rig BUSSCO I to an oceangoing vessel. Thereafter, Cooper/T.