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PARKER v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

No. 91-CC-1271.

599 So.2d 296 (1992)

Spencer PARKER v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Arthur Hurlburt, Hurlburt, Privat & Monrose, for defendant-applicant.

Hebert William Barnes, Jr., David Bruce Allen, Mark D. Rhodes, for plaintiff-respondent.

Lawrence S. Kullman, David W. Robertson, for Louisiana Trial Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Frederick Scott Kaiser, Thomas Harry Kiggans, James B. Kemp, Jr., Brian D. Wallace, Luther T. Munford, Phelps Dunbar, for Maritime Overseas Corp., amicus curiae.

Paul H. Dué, Donald Wayne Price, Dué, Smith, Caballero, Price & Guidry, Lewis O. Unglesby, Charles William Roberts, for Hae Woo Youn, amicus curiae.

ON REHEARING

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

Injured seamen often, if not routinely, couple their Jones Act injury claim with claims for unseaworthiness, and wages, maintenance and cure. When suit is brought in federal court, the plaintiffs alone have the choice of a judge or jury trial, depending upon the nature of their claims. If the claim is cognizable only in admiralty, then the distinctive admiralty procedures apply which, among other aspects, precludes the...

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