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MILLER v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

No. 86-3129.

815 F.2d 1021 (1987)

Charles MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. and Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camilo K. Salas, III, Robert E. Winn, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, La., Maurice Dantin, Dantin & Dantin, Columbia, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward S. Johnson, Ronald A. Johnson, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies, Inc.

William G. Tabb, III, New Orleans, La., for Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WISDOM and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents another variation of the riddle long familiar to this Court: When is an oil field worker, in this case a fishing tool supervisor, a seaman for purposes of the Jones Act?1 Charles Miller, the fishing tool supervisor, was injured aboard a tender vessel tethered to an offshore platform. He brought a Jones Act claim against his employer, Tri-State Oil Tool Industries. After the jury returned a verdict...

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