DAVIS v. ODECO, INC.

No. 92-9529.

18 F.3d 1237 (1994)

Beverly P. DAVIS, wife of/and Willie Earl Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ODECO, INC., Defendant, Murphy Exploration & Production Company, originally sued as Odeco, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilton E. Bland, III, Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., Alan G. Brackett, Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, LA, for defendant-appellant.

David A. Bowling, Wilson & Bowling, New Orleans, LA, Wm. D. Boerner, Boerner & Breeland, Brookhaven, MS, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 3, 1994.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee Willie Earl Davis (Davis) and his wife sued Defendant-Appellant Murphy Exploration & Production Company (Murphy Co.),1 alleging that Murphy Co. contravened the Jones Act and general maritime law by exposing him to hydrocarbons while he worked aboard its vessels. Davis contends that this exposure caused him to contract Goodpasture...

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