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SPANGLER v. NORTH STAR DRILLING CO.

No. 20,885-CA.

552 So.2d 673 (1989)

Wilmer Loyd SPANGLER, Jr., et vir, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NORTH STAR DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

As Corrected November 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juneau, Hill, Judice, Hill & Avery by Patrick Juneau, Lafayette, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Sidney E. Cook, Shreveport, for appellant.

Paul B. Wilkins, Columbia, for appellees.

Before HALL, C.J., and MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.

HALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, William Loyd Spangler, and his wife, Sheila Spangler, brought this action pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. App. § 688, and general maritime law. Plaintiffs asserted that Mr. Spangler sustained severe back injuries while working for the defendant, North Star Drilling Company, as a driller on a semi-submersible drilling rig, the Alaskan Star. They asserted that North Star breached its...

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