TULLOS v. RESOURCE DRILLING, INC.

No. 84-3099. Summary Calendar.

750 F.2d 380 (1985)

Pamela TULLOS, Wife of/and Ronald David Tullos, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. RESOURCE DRILLING, INC., and Superior Oil Company, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weigand, Weigand & Meyer, Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, La., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Wiedemann & Fransen, Michael A. Fenasci, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees cross-appellants.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this maritime action, the employer, Superior Oil Company (Superior), and the vessel owner, Resource Drilling, Inc. (Resource), are appealing the judgment of the district court as to the seaman status of the injured worker, Donald Tullos, the jury's finding of negligence under general maritime law, the jury's finding of only ten percent contributory negligence by the seaman and the seaman's wife's right to a claim for loss of consortium...

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