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FOLSE v. WESTERN ATLAS INTERN., INC.

No. 90-CA-2083.

580 So.2d 482 (1991)

Guy S. FOLSE and Debra K. Folse, Individually and on Behalf of the Minor Children, Tiffany, Kristina, Stephanie, Paige, Guy S. Jr., Jason Michael and Nicholas Anthony Folse v. WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL, INC./DOWNHOLE SEISMIC SERVICES, Tidex, Inc., Tidewater Ventures, Inc. and Amoco Production Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon, David & Ates, J. Mac Morgan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellants Guy S. Folse, et al.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., James A. Oswald, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Western Atlas Intern., Inc., et al.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.

KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff Guy S. Folse, his wife and children filed this lawsuit seeking damages under the Jones Act for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Folse while he was in the employ of defendant Downhole Seismic Services, a division of Western Atlas International, Inc. Defendant moved for summary judgment on the grounds that Folse was not a Jones Act seaman entitled to maintain such an action. The district court...

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