VIATOR v. LIVERPOOL & LONDON S.S. PROTECTION AND INDEM. ASS'N

No. 97-264.

701 So.2d 487 (1997)

Patrick VIATOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIVERPOOL & LONDON STEAMSHIP PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION, Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. and Falrig Offshore (U.S.A.), Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Parkerson Roy, Lafayette, for Patrick Viator.

Charles A. Mouton, Richard J. Hymel, Lafayette, for Liverpool & London Steamship, et al.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and DECUIR and AMY, JJ.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

This suit arises out of an accident on an offshore jack-up rig. The defendants, Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. (Falcon), Falrig Offshore (U.S.A.), L.P. (Falrig), and Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association (Liverpool) appeal the judgment rendered against them in the suit.

It is undisputed that Patrick Viator was employed by Falcon as a floor hand/shaker hand on the Achilles, a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico...

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