MYERS v. GRIFFIN-ALEXANDER DRILLING CO.

No. 89-4800.

910 F.2d 1252 (1990)

Marvin E. MYERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GRIFFIN-ALEXANDER DRILLING CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. CAMCO, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall K. Theunissen, Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux, Robison & Theunissen, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant.

Jack W. Harang, Stuart H. Smith, Abadie, Harang & Colvin, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Laura K. Austin, Edwin G. Preis, Jr., Lafayette, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, DAVIS, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Camco, Inc. (Camco) appeals a damage award to Marvin Myers (Myers) for personal injuries he sustained on an offshore drilling vessel. Except for a minor reduction in damages, we affirm.

I.

In June 1986, Myers injured his back while working as a roustabout aboard a drilling vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Myers was an employee of the intervenor, Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company (Griffin), which owned the drilling vessel...

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