JENKINS v. KERR-McGEE CORP.

No. 92-48.

613 So.2d 1097 (1993)

Albert David JENKINS, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Thomas, Natchitoches, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Roy, Carmouche, Bivins, Judice, Henke & Breaud, Robert A. Mahtook, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and COOKS, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

This suit arose from an accident which occurred on an offshore oil drilling platform. Plaintiff, Albert Jenkins, injured his neck on July 17, 1988 while working as a Safety and Training Specialist (STS) aboard Transworld Drilling Company rig number 64 in the Gulf of Mexico. He and his wife, Faye Jenkins, sued his employer, Transworld Drilling Company (Transworld), and Kerr-McGee Corporation which, at the time, owned Transworld. Plaintiffs alleged that...

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