DAVIS v. BECKER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 77-2359.

608 F.2d 621 (1979)

Robert L. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BECKER & ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Barbier, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Normand F. Pizza, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Darryl J. Tschirn, Covington, La., for other interested party.

Before GODBOLD, HILL and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Davis, a piledriver-seaman, brought this action against his employer under general maritime law and the Jones Act for injuries suffered in December 1975. The case was tried April 12-14, 1977. The jury answered Rule 49(a) interrogatories by finding, in response to Interrogatory No. 1, that the defendant was negligent in a manner that caused injury to plaintiff and, in response to No. 3, that plaintiff was not contributorily negligent...

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