SHARP v. JOHNSON BROTHERS CORP.

No. 89-3764.

917 F.2d 885 (1990)

Ernest D. SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellant, Wausau Insurance Companies—Part I, Intervenor-Appellant, v. JOHNSON BROTHERS CORP., St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Centennial Insurance Co. and Employers of Wausau Ins. Co. — Part II, Defendants-Appellees, JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Defendants-Appellees. v. CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Galatas, New Orleans, La., for Sharp.

Joseph B. Guilbeau, Dean A. Sutherland, Sutherland & Juge, New Orleans, La., for Wausau Ins.-Part I.

Michael J. Maginnis, Timothy P. Hurley, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Johnson Bros. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Richard D. Bertram, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Centennial Ins. Co.

Elizabeth H. Ryan, Wood Brown, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, La., for Employers of Wausau-Part II.

Daniels Knowles, III, Wm. Daniel Wellons, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Before GEE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Ernest D. Sharp appeals a directed verdict for Defendant Johnson Brothers Corporation (Johnson) rejecting Sharp's suit on the ground that he was not a seaman. 719 F.Supp. 516. Additionally, Johnson, Wausau Insurance Companies (Wausau), and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul) appeal a summary judgment granted to Centennial Insurance Company (Centennial) exonerating Centennial...

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