ADAMS v. KELLY DRILLING CO.

No. 17862.

273 F.2d 887 (1960)

Herbert ADAMS, Appellant, v. KELLY DRILLING CO., Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., New Orleans, La., Kenneth Watkins, of Watkins & Talbot, Houma, La., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellant.

P. A. Bienvenu, Blake West, William L. Von Hoene, New Orleans, La., H. Minor Pipes, Houma, La., George Matthews, Bienvenu & Culver, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellees.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Herbert Adams, plaintiff, brought suit against Kelly Drilling Company, Inc., his employer, and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, its insurer, for recovery for personal injuries, under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688, p. 277, Merchant Marine Act of 1920), and by reason of unseaworthiness of the Kelly No. 3, a submersible drilling barge to which plaintiff, a roughneck in the employ of Kelly Drilling Company, was...

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