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PICHON v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO.

No. 92-CA-1517.

617 So.2d 38 (1993)

David PICHON v. OCEAN DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted June 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry B. Loup, Morris Bart & Associates, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Wilton E. Bland, III, Peirce A. Hammond, II, C. William Emory, Hebert Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.

LANDRIEU, Judge.

Defendant, Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (hereinafter "ODECO"), appeals the judgment of the trial court reinstating maintenance and cure benefits to the plaintiff.1 We reverse.

FACTS

On April 17, 1990, while assisting in the movement of equipment aboard the D/B OCEAN TITAN, a vessel owned by ODECO, the plaintiff, David Pichon, injured his back. Pichon alleges that a piece of equipment being moved...

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