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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 92-5191
Summary Calendar
EDGEL D. LEWIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
OIL & GAS RENTAL SERVICES,
ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Western District of Louisiana
(89 CV 1641)
July 7, 1993
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Lewis, a cook and crew member of the motor vessel M/V Rosalie
G, owned and operated by Oil and Gas Rental Services, Inc., alleges
that he sustained injuries on June 26, 1988, when he was
transferring groceries from the motor vessel M/V Harte Beest, owned
and operated by Petrol Marine Company to the M/V Rosalie G. He

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sued both his employer, Oil and Gas Rental Services, Inc. and
Petrol Marine Company, but prior to trial settled with Oil and Gas
Rental Services, Inc. and proceeded under the general maritime law
for the negligence of Petrol Marine as owner and operator of the
M/V Harte Beest. The parties went to trial without a jury, and
based on extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law, the
trial court entered a judgment in favor of defendant, Petrol Marine
Company.
We have carefully reviewed the briefs, record excerpts, and
pertinent portions of the record, and have concluded that the
findings of fact by the trial court are not clearly erroneous and
that its judgment should be affirmed.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgement of the trial court.

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