FOLSE v. WESTERN ATLAS INTERN., INC.

No. 91 C 1335.

593 So.2d 341 (1992)

Guy S. FOLSE and Deborah 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.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mac Morgan, New Orleans, for applicant.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., James A. Oswald, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, George Healy, III, Phelps Dunbar, Ronald A. Johnson, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, for respondent.


WATSON, Justice.

The question is whether summary judgment was properly entered on Jones Act seaman's status. Plaintiff, Guy S. Folse, was injured while working on a vessel and contributing to its mission. The trial court summarily held that Folse was not a seaman, because he was not permanently attached to a specific vessel or an identifiable fleet of vessels. The court of appeal affirmed. Folse v. Western Atlas Intern., Inc., 580 So.2d 482...

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