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THOMPSON v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORP.

No. 88-1376.

562 So.2d 44 (1990)

John R. THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Donald Foreman, Don McKnight, Lake Charles, for plain tiff-appellant.

Abbott, Best & Weeks, John P. Napolitano, Jr., Lawrence Best, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and FORET and STOKER, JJ.

FORET, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, John R. Thompson, filed this action under the Jones Act and general maritime law, seeking recovery for personal injuries, in addition to payments for maintenance and cure, from his employer, Zapata Haynie Corporation (Zapata), defendant-appellee herein, as a result of injuries he received July 23, 1985, while employed as a seaman.

After trial, the jury unanimously found that neither Thompson nor Zapata were negligent and...

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