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BOUDREAUX v. SEA DRILLING CORPORATION

No. 28968.

427 F.2d 1160 (1970)

Johnny L. BOUDREAUX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA DRILLING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

W. K. Christovich, Charles E. Lugenbuhl, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before JONES, WISDOM, and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff-appellant, Johnny L. Boudreaux, worked on an offshore drilling location in navigable waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Sea Drilling Corporation, defendant-appellee, operated a diesel-powered drilling rig mounted on a stationary platform. Boudreaux, an experienced oil field worker, was a "driller" or foreman directly in charge of the drilling crew and second man in charge of the rig. He was injured when a wire rope on a crane broke. The crane...

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