COLOMB v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 82-3556.

736 F.2d 218 (1984)

Joseph T. COLOMB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Singerman, Cosentino, Broussard, Toups & Troyer, John P. Cosentino, Olden C. Toups, Jr., Owen J. Bradley, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Portevent, Carrere & Denegre, Fred E. Salley, Grady S. Hurley, Stewart E. Niles, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In this maritime personal injury action, both plaintiff and defendant appeal a judgment entered on a modest verdict for the plaintiff. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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Plaintiff, Joseph T. Colomb, III was employed by Texaco and worked aboard the Drill Barge ERIS as a roughneck, rotary helper, and relief motorman for eighteen months prior to the accident of June 2, 1977. He worked twelve hours per day, six days...

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