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OFFSHORE COMPANY v. ROBISON

No. 17445.

266 F.2d 769 (1959)

OFFSHORE COMPANY and The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Appellants-Appellees, v. Johnie M. ROBISON, Appellee-Appellant. ROBISON v. OFFSHORE COMPANY and The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., Seale, Kelton & Hayes, Baton Rouge, La., of counsel, for appellee-appellant.

Maurice J. Wilson and Breazeale, Sachse, Wilson & Hebert, Baton Rouge, La., for appellants-appellees.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This case propounds a riddle: When is a roughneck a seaman? The complainant offers the solution: under the Jones Act — when the roughneck is injured while working as a member of a drilling crew on a mobile drilling platform towed to a well located in navigable waters. Respondents have no patience with conundrums: an oil worker on a rig firmly planted on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico is not a seaman, not on a vessel, and not entitled...

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