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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
98-C-1755
DOUGLAS WISNER
versus
PROFESSIONAL DIVERS OF NEW ORLEANS

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH CIRCUIT, PARISH OF PLAQUEMINES TRAYLOR, Justice* We granted this writ to determine if a commercial diver, whose employment placed him on vessels for ninety percent of his work life, is a seaman and thus entitled to Jones Act coverage. After reviewing the record and applicable law, we reverse the lower courts

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