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RAINS v. DIAMOND M. CO.

No. 8014.

396 So.2d 306 (1981)

Kenneth Dale RAINS, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. DIAMOND M. COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1981.

Writ Refused May 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Simmons, Kenneth N. Simmons, Many, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Richard A. Chozen, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois, Arthur I. Robison, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and CUTRER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Kenneth Dale Rains brings this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. Sec. 688 and General Maritime Law against Diamond M Company, his employer, for injuries sustained while working as a roustabout on a semi-submersible drilling rig located off the shore of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Joined as parties defendant are Marathon Oil Company, the company for whom the drilling operations were being performed, B. J. Hughes, Inc., furnisher of certain...

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