Case Name: Linda Kay WELCH, Individually and as Tutrix for Daylon Chase Boswell and Kyler Welch and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell and Lisa Periera, Individually and as Tutrix for Brandon Boswell and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell v. FUGRO GEOSCIENCES, INC., and Its Insurer Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Ltd.; Marshland Marine of Baytown, Texas, and Its Insurer XYZ Insurance Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2002-04-19
Citations: 813 So. 2d 414
Docket Number: No. 2002-C-0337
Parties: Linda Kay WELCH, Individually and as Tutrix for Daylon Chase Boswell and Kyler Welch and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell and Lisa Periera, Individually and as Tutrix for Brandon Boswell and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell v. FUGRO GEOSCIENCES, INC., and Its Insurer Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Ltd.; Marshland Marine of Baytown, Texas, and Its Insurer XYZ Insurance Company
Judges: VICTORY, J., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 813
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
Linda Kay WELCH, Individually and as Tutrix for Daylon Chase Boswell and Kyler Welch and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell and Lisa Periera, Individually and as Tutrix for Brandon Boswell and as Personal Representative of Byron Joseph Boswell v. FUGRO GEOSCIENCES, INC., and Its Insurer Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Ltd.; Marshland Marine of Baytown, Texas, and Its Insurer XYZ Insurance Company
No. 2002-C-0337.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 19, 2002.

Opinion:
In re Welch, Linda Kay et al.; Boswell, Daylon Chase; Welch, Kyler; Boswell, Byron Joseph; Periera, Lisa; Boswell, Brandon; — Plaintiffs; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of W. Baton Rouge, 18th Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 25,579; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2000 CA 1231.
Writ granted. The trial court erred in granting summary judgment when no clear determination was made as to Mr. Boswell's status as a longshoreman or seaman. Accordingly, the case is remanded to the trial court for a determination of that issue.
VICTORY, J., would deny the writ.