PICKLE v. INTERNATIONAL OILFIELD DIVERS, INC.

No. 84-4348.

791 F.2d 1237 (1986)

Lonnie PICKLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL OILFIELD DIVERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Marks, Owen M. Goudelocke, John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Lafayette, La., Joel L. Borrello, Adams & Reese, Lynn M. Luker, New Orleans, La., for Intern. & Intervenors (Fisher and Jennings).

Lawrence K. Burleigh, Ltd., Morgan City, La., Culotta & Morella, Charles Carmelo Culotta, Jr., Patterson, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Edward J. Marquet, John K. Hill, Jr., Lafayette, La., for Maryland Cas. Co.

Before GARZA, POLITZ, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1986.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a Jones Act judgment after a bench trial, and involves, inter alia, the application of the rule recently announced in Barrett v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., 781 F.2d 1067 (5th Cir.1986) (en banc). Finding no merit in the challenges mounted against the district court's findings on seaman status, defendant's negligence...

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