ISTRE v. DIAMOND M. DRILLING COMPANY

No. 2730.

226 So.2d 779 (1969)

John ISTRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIAMOND M. DRILLING COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion June 16, 1969.

On Rehearing September 24, 1969.

Dissenting Opinion on Rehearing September 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon and John Rixie Mouton, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Caffery, Duhe & Davis, by W. Eugene Davis, New Iberia, Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, by W. Gerald Gaudet, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by James E. Diaz, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGE and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

Plaintiff, John Istre, filed suit seeking recovery for personal injury damages allegedly resulting from an accident which occurred on or about November 29, 1965, while he was working as a member of the crew of a submersible drilling barge situated in navigable waters in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

Plaintiff named the following defendants, whose participation in the activities giving rise to the accident...

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