FONTENOT v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.

No. 94-CA-1660.

655 So.2d 758 (1995)

James Billy Ray FONTENOT, et al. v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC., Dantzler Boat and Barge Co., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon E. Fallon, Darryl M. Phillips, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon David & Ates, New Orleans and J. Michael Placer, Lafayette, for appellants.

Ben E. Clayton, Lenfant & Associates, Metairie, for appellee.

Before BYRNES, CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Plaintiff, James Billy Ray Fontenot ("Fontenot"), and Defendants, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron") and Dantzler Boat and Barge Company ("Dantzler"), appeal the trial court's granting of summary judgment in favor of Intervenor, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company ("Aetna"). We affirm.

Fontenot was injured when he fell onto the deck of the transport vessel M/V Big Chip as he attempted a "swing rope transfer" from a Chevron oil drilling platform...

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