GARZA, Circuit Judge:
This is a slip-and-fall case brought by a passenger of a crewboat transporting workers to a platform off the Louisiana coast. The plaintiff, Ronald R. Smith ("Smith"), a crane operator employed by Zapata Off-Shore Company ("Zapata"), sued the vessel owner, Southern Gulf Marine Company No. 2, Inc. ("Southern Gulf"), and two other parties, Oceanic Butler, Inc. ("Oceanic") and McMoran Offshore Exploration Company ("McMoran"). McMoran had contracted...
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