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JOHNSON v. GULF COAST CONTRACTING SERV.

No. 09-87-123 CV.

746 S.W.2d 327 (1988)

Lawrence T. JOHNSON and Bonnie Jo Johnson, Appellants, v. GULF COAST CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Tinning, Corpus Christi, Chap B. Cain, III, Zbranek, Hight & Cain, Liberty, for appellants.

Lipscomb Norvell, Benckenstein, Norvell, Bernsen & Nathan, Beaumont, Robert C. Evans, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice

This is a Jones Act case. Lawrence Johnson fell from the scaffold of a drilling rig, receiving personal injuries. He and his wife subsequently sued Matagorda Marine Drilling Company, A.W.I., Inc., and Gulf Coast Contracting Services, Inc. Plaintiffs settled with Matagorda and A.W.I., Inc. A jury found that Johnson was not a seaman, resulting in a judgment for Gulf Coast, from which Plaintiffs have perfected appeal to this court...

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