HOLLIS v. McDERMOTT, INC.

No. 95-CA-0640.

663 So.2d 837 (1995)

William HOLLIS, v. McDERMOTT, INCORPORATED.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, and James L. Yates, New Orleans, for William Hollis.

Vance E. Ellefson, Markle & Daly, New Orleans, for McDermott, Incorporated.

Before BARRY and JONES and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

This suit arises from an incident that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the McDermott Derrick Barge DB-50 to which plaintiff/appellant, William Hollis, was assigned as a diver. While Hollis and his fellow divers were having lunch on May 19, 1990, the diving supervisor, Wayne Willett, began to choke. Hollis performed a Heimlich maneuver on Willett and successfully dislodged a piece of celery. That night, Hollis performed a dive that lasted approximately...

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