ROBIN v. WILSON BROS. DRILLING

No. 82-3586. Summary Calendar.

719 F.2d 96 (1983)

Mark Todd ROBIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILSON BROTHERS DRILLING, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill & Bankston, Baton Rouge, La., J. Lomax Jordan, Jr., Karen Robin, Stephen Spring, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Randall K. Theunissen, Lafayette, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Mark Todd Robin filed suit against Wilson Brothers Drilling Co. (Wilson Brothers) and Gulf Oil Corporation, raising claims of unseaworthiness and Jones Act negligence. On this appeal of the jury verdict in favor of the defendants, Robin contends that the district court committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury properly. He also argues that his proof of negligence and unseaworthiness required the district court to direct a verdict in his...

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