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BILLINGS v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.

No. 79-3173. Summary Calendar.

618 F.2d 1108 (1980)

David Allen BILLINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC. and Bokenkamp Offshore Company, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anatole J. Plaisance, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

McLoughlin, Barranger, Roovosty & Melancon, Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.

Francis Emmett, James A. Cobb, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Bokenkamp, Employers Casualty, Fidelity & Casualty, American General, Bellefonte & Citadel.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, James H. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for Offshore Logistics & American Employers, Inc., Co.

Poitevent & Hanemann, John Poitevent, New Orleans, La., for Arkwright-Boston, Etc.

Before AINSWORTH, FAY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit by David Allen Billings against Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., and Bokenkamp Drilling Company, Inc. under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law seeking recovery for injuries sustained while plaintiff was loading pipe aboard a vessel tied to a fixed drilling platform owned by Chevron on which Bokenkamp was conducting drilling operations. The sole question for decision is whether plaintiff Billings was a seaman...

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