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MARTIN v. M/V WAR ADMIRAL

No. 74-1690.

507 F.2d 1093 (1975)

Hammy MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. M/V WAR ADMIRAL in rem, et al., Defendants. DEEP WATER OPERATORS, INC., et al., 1 Defendants II Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants, v. BAYOU VISTA MACHINE WORKS, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees, READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING CO., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee-Appellant, Employers Liability Assurance Corp., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Kenneth Deshotel, William A. Brinkhaus, Opelousas, La., for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

James E. Diaz, Lafayette, La., for Signal Oil.

W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, La., for Deep Water Operators.

W. Eugene Davis, J. Louis Gibbens, New Iberia, La., for Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling.

Wood Brown, III, Machale A. Miller, New Orleans, La., for Bayou Vista & Employers Liability Corp.

Joseph Wilson, Morgan City, La., for appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and DYER, Circuit Judges.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Martin, a roughneck at an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, sustained injuries while returning to port from his worksite aboard the crewboat WAR ADMIRAL. He sued, and following a bench trial, was awarded damages based on the court's finding that the negligence of Deep Water Operators, Inc. [Deep Water], the operator of the WAR ADMIRAL, had been a proximate cause of the accident. The judgment was reduced by 35% due to Martin's contributory...

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