BERGERON v. MAIN IRON WORKS, INC.

CA 89 0660.

563 So.2d 954 (1990)

George P. BERGERON, Jr. v. MAIN IRON WORKS, INC. and Offshore Express, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, Metairie, for plaintiff and appellant George P. Bergeron, Jr.

Joseph A. Reilly, Jr., Houma, for defendant and appellant Offshore Express, Inc.

Morgan Wells, Metairie, for intervenor, Main Iron Works, Inc.

Miles P. Clements, New Orleans, amicus curiae—OMSA Offshore Marine Service Ass'n.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and FOIL, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

In this negligence action against a vessel owner, we are asked to review the action of the trial court in granting in part, and denying in part, a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict following a jury trial. We hold that the trial court erred in refusing to grant the JNOV on the issue of liability, and reverse.

Plaintiff, George Bergeron, Jr., was injured on March 26, 1986, when he slipped and fell in a cargo fuel tank while carrying...

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