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WILLIAMS v. READING & BATES DRILLING CO.

No. 84-3210 Summary Calendar.

750 F.2d 487 (1985)

Carl M. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. READING & BATES DRILLING CO., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Donald J. Anzelmo, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Bruscato, Loomis, Deal & Street, Anthony J. Bruscato, Monroe, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Carl M. Williams brought this action pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law, seeking to recover damages for dyshidrosis, a skin disease, allegedly caused by an earlier accident in which Williams injured his right foot. The district court awarded Williams $218,000 for pain and suffering and past and future economic losses, with interest from the date of judicial demand. The defendants, Reading &...

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