PERCLE v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL CO. OF AMERICA

Civ. A. No. 79-3136.

528 F.Supp. 227 (1981)

Hubert J. PERCLE and Louis J. PERCLE as Administrator of Hubert J. Percle's Estate, Plaintiffs, v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY OF AMERICA, Hosking Exploration of Salt Lake City, Utah, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Boone, Folsom, La., for plaintiffs. Eugene Jericho and Robert Leake, for defendant Hosking Exploration of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr., and Miles P. Clements, New Orleans, for defendant Western Geophysical Co. of America.


CASSIBRY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs are seeking to recover damages under the Jones Act and the seaworthiness doctrine of the general maritime law for the death of Hubert J. Percle. The case was tried before the court without a jury. The court having considered the pleadings, the testimony of the witnesses, the documents in evidence and the posttrial submissions of counsel hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law, as required by Rule 52,...

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