GRACE v. ZAPATA OFF-SHORE CO.

No. 95-C-0112.

653 So.2d 704 (1995)

Earl Gene GRACE v. ZAPATA OFF-SHORE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Young, Jr., Timothy Justin Young, Young, Richaud, Theard & Myers, New Orleans, for plaintiff/relator.

T. Patrick Baynham, H. Philip Radecker, Jr., Abbott, Simses, Album, Knister & Baynham, New Orleans, for defendant/respondent.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and ARMSTRONG, JONES, WALTZER and MURRAY, JJ.


MURRAY, Judge.

Earl Grace, plaintiff/relator, a Jones Act seaman has applied for supervisory writs to review the ruling of the trial court denying his motion to enforce the settlement of his maintenance and cure claim against Zapata Off-Shore, his Jones Act employer. We grant certiorari.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Plaintiff's negligence claim against Zapata was tried for three days, and resulted in a defense verdict on July 14, 1994. Plaintiff...

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