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MORRIS v. SCHLUMBERGER, LTD.

No. 82-770.

436 So.2d 1178 (1983)

John MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHLUMBERGER, LTD., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

On Rehearing August 1, 1983.

On Rehearing September 6, 1983.

Writ Denied November 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McHale, Bufkin & Dees, Louis D. Bufkin and Michael K. Dees, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Bert M. Cass, Jr., New Orleans, Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Vernon, Richard E. Gerard, Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, Gregory Massey and Hunter Lundy, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and KNOLL, JJ.

STOKER, Judge.

This is an appeal relative to a claim brought in state court pursuant to the Jones Act and general maritime law. The jury awarded the plaintiff $150,000 and apportioned the fault causing plaintiff's injury on a percentage basis among three defendants. The jury found that Transworld Drilling Company (Transworld), plaintiff's employer, was fifty percent at fault, Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips) was forty...

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