STOOT v. D & D CATERING SERVICE, INC.

No. 85-4737.

807 F.2d 1197 (1987)

Joseph Robert STOOT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D & D CATERING SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony D. Moroux, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel A. Webb, Richard A. Fraser, III, New Orleans, La., for intervenor, Fluor Drilling Services, Inc.

Norman P. Foret, McBride, Foret, Rozas & Leonard, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GARZA, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Stoot appeals a take nothing judgment rendered in favor of D & D Catering Service, Inc. (D & D Catering), in his general maritime law action for personal injuries. We affirm.

I.

Joseph Stoot was injured while employed by Fluor Drilling Services, Inc. (Fluor) as a derrickman aboard the MR. DAVE, a jack-up drilling rig, located twelve miles off the Texas coast. The MR. DAVE was owned by intervenor, Fluor...

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