COMEAUX v. T. L. JAMES & CO., INC.

No. 79-2127.

666 F.2d 294 (1982)

Lester P. COMEAUX, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. L. JAMES & COMPANY, INC. and Highlands Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

January 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brumfield & Brumfield, H. Alva Brumfield, III, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Lester Comeaux sued his employer, T. L. James & Co., Inc., for injuries sustained from two successive accidents while working aboard a dredge and its tender vessels. Appealing a judgment based on a jury verdict in his favor, Comeaux complains of the denial of his motion for a directed verdict and a new trial, the exclusion of evidence, prejudicial conduct by the court, misleading and insufficient jury instructions, and insufficient...

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