LANDRY v. OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC.

No. 75-1450.

544 F.2d 757 (1977)

Paul Daniel LANDRY, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross Appellee, v. OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants. ODOM OFFSHORE SURVEY, INC., Defendant Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. BOLLINGER AND BOYD, INC., Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, Gothard J. Reck, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Blazek, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, New Orleans, La., for Odom Offshore.

James H. Roussel, Winston Edward Rice, New Orleans, La., for Offshore General.

Before COLEMAN, CLARK and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case has been tried twice in the District Court. At the first trial, plaintiff recovered a judgment for $350,000. At the second, plaintiff recovered judgment for $238,998. Both sides are unhappy. The plaintiff appeals the grant of a new trial, which set aside his $350,000 verdict. The defendant cross appeals, attacking the second recovery. We affirm altogether.

The plaintiff, Paul Landry, 43 years old in 1972, quite deaf, a marine...

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