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THIBODEAUX v. ROWAN DRILLING COMPANY

No. 28982.

429 F.2d 573 (1970)

Leroy THIBODEAUX, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. ROWAN DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

J. Clem Drewett, Lake Charles, La., for appellees.

Before JONES, WISDOM, and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this case the District Court awarded Leroy Thibodeaux judgment for $70,885.56 for injuries sustained while at work on an off-shore submersible drilling barge afloat in the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, Louisiana, 314 F.Supp. 543 (W.D., La., 1970). We affirm on both direct and cross appeals.

The District Court, sitting without a jury, found and held that drill tongs with worn dies in use at the time of the...

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