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BENNETT v. SEDCO MARITIME

No. 86-994.

520 So.2d 894 (1987)

Robert James BENNETT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEDCO MARITIME, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galloway, Johnson, Timothy Burr, New Orleans, and William Boone, Many, for defendant-appellant.

Richard Gallagher, Dallas, Tex., Burkett & Chevallier, Don Burkett, Many, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.

DOUCET, Judge.

Defendant, SEDCO Maritime (SEDCO), appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Robert J. Bennett, Jr., awarding him damages in the amount of $100,000.00 in lost future income for personal injuries sustained while working on one of SEDCO's offshore oil drilling rigs. Suit was brought under the Jones Act, 46 USCA § 688.

FACTS

Plaintiff testified that on January 21, 1983, while he was "tailing pipe"1

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