DEARMAN v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC.

No. 92-469.

616 So.2d 866 (1993)

Jimmy Dean DEARMAN, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Miller Summers, Abbeville, for Jimmy Dean Dearman etc.

Patrick J. Hanna, Lafayette, for Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and LABORDE and DECUIR, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jimmy Dearman, appeals the decision of the trial court sustaining defendant's, Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc., exceptions of no cause of action and res judicata in this Jones Act case concerning a release and a loss of consortium claim by the injured seaman's wife and children. Finding no error on the part of the trial court, we affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Jimmy Dean Dearman (Mr. Dearman), a Mississippi resident, was hired by...

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