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BRILEY v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

No. 91-CC-1587.

628 So.2d 1114 (1991)

Anthony R. BRILEY v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Arthur Hurlburt, Hurlburt, Privat & Monrose, Lafayette, for applicant.

Jeffrey Michael Bassett, Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, for respondent.

David W. Robertson, Baton Rouge, Lawrence S. Kullman, New Orleans, for La. Trial Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.

F. Scott Kaiser, Thomas H. Kiggans, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, James B. Kemp, Jr., Brian D. Wallace, Luther T. Munford, David B. Sharpe, New Orleans, for Maritime Overseas Corp., amicus curiae.

MARCUS, Justice.

Anthony R. Briley was employed by Rowan Companies, Inc. (Rowan) as a welder assigned to a drilling barge. On May 25, 1989 Briley was involved in a work-related accident which he claims caused serious back injuries, resulting in surgery and disability. Briley sued Rowan and others in state court under "the constitutional laws of the United States of America, the Jones Act, the General Maritime Law, the Savings to Suitors Clause and applicable state...

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