ROBERTS v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS CO., INC.

No. 77-2127.

648 F.2d 255 (1981)

Charles Edwin ROBERTS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee, v. GIBSON WELDING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., Defendant, Exxon Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August J. Bubert, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bertrand M. Cass, Jr., Eileen R. Madrid, Allen F. Campbell, New Orleans, La., for Williams-McWilliams.

E. Burt Harris, Rene J. Mouledoux, New Orleans, La., for Exxon Corp.

Robert A. Vosbein, Mark J. Spansel, New Orleans, La., for Gibson Welding & Const.

Before BROWN, HENDERSON and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Once again we are confronted with an amphibious multiparty donnybrook. See T. J. Stevenson & Co., v. 81,193 Bags of Flour, 629 F.2d 338, 341 & n. 1 (5th Cir. 1980). Plaintiff, Charles Edwin Roberts, Sr., an employee of Gibson Welding Co., appeals District Court's denial of his motions for directed verdict and judgment n. o. v. on his claim for Jones Act seaman's/borrowed servant status...

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