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SULLIVAN v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

No. 91-3197.

952 F.2d 141 (1992)

Billy Eugene SULLIVAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Defendant-Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Simses and Carolina M. Broers, Abbott, Best & Meeks, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies, Inc.

Blake G. Arata, Jr., Davis & Saunders, Metairie, La., for Billy Eugene Sullivan.

Patricia S. LeBlanc and Jerry L. Saporito, Bernard, Cassisa, Saporito & Elliott, Metairie, La., for defendant-third-party-defendant-appellee.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and LIVAUDAIS, District Judge.

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge.

The pivotal issue in this appeal by Billy Eugene Sullivan, a Jones Act seaman, and his employer, Rowan Companies, Inc., is whether the district court committed reversible error in not permitting expert testimony by a witness for Rowan. That testimony was vital to Sullivan's product liability claim (tried to the jury) and to Rowan's similar cross-claim (tried to the court) against Sears, Roebuck & Company. In large part because of that...

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