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RIVERS v. SCHLUMBERGER WELL SURVEYING CORP.

No. 7729.

389 So.2d 807 (1980)

Woodrow W. RIVERS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. SCHLUMBERGER WELL SURVEYING CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Cobb, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Francis Emmett, New Orleans, George J. Dowd, Chalmette, for defendant-appellant-appellee.

Fuhrer & Flournoy, Leonard Fuhrer, Alexandria, and Rivers & Willson, Larry Rivers, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and CUTRER, JJ.

CUTRER, Judge.

Woodrow W. Rivers brought this suit under the Jones Act and General Maritime Law against Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation (Schlumberger), Elevating Boats, Inc. (Elevating Boats) and Meldeans, Inc. (Meldeans) for losses due to injuries received when Rivers fell into a hole, or washout, near the dock where the vessel "Billiot" was berthed. The petition alleged that he was jointly employed by the three defendants as a seaman serving aboard the Billiot...

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