PALMER v. BLUE WATER MARINE CATERING, INC.

No. 95-CA-342.

663 So.2d 780 (1995)

Patrick PALMER v. BLUE WATER MARINE CATERING, INC., and Global Ship Services, LTD, Plus, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Miniclier, Alfred R. Gould, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Appellant Global Pipelines Plus, Inc.

Patricia D. Miskewicz, New Orleans, for Appellee Patrick Palmer.

Before KLIEBERT, GOTHARD and CANNELLA, JJ.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, Global Pipelines Plus, Inc. (Global), appeals from a judgment which finds La.C.C.P. art. 1732(6) constitutional. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Patrick Palmer, filed suit on November 23, 1993 for personal injuries which he received while employed as a galleyhand aboard the lay barge Cherokee. He sued his employer, Blue Water Catering, Inc. (Blue Water) and the shipowner, Global, under the Jones Act and general maritime law pursuant to La...

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