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JENKINS v. SONAT OFFSHORE U.S.A. INC.

No. 96 CA 2504.

705 So.2d 1184 (1997)

Daniel JENKINS v. SONAT OFFSHORE U.S.A. INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon J. McKernan, Baton Rouge, David Robertson, Austin, TX, Terry G. Breaux, Franklin, for Plaintiff Appellee Daniel Jenkins.

Timothy W. Cerniglia, New Orleans, H. Alston Johnson, III, Baton Rouge, for Appellant Defendant Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc.

Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a suit for damages under the Jones Act and general maritime law. We amend in part and affirm as amended.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Daniel Jenkins, was employed as a roustabout aboard the DF-85, a jack-up drilling rig which was owned and operated by defendant, Sonat Offshore U.S.A., Inc. (Sonat). On or about October 23, 1992, a supply boat, the M/V MR. KENT, pulled alongside the rig to deliver a load of cargo. Several...

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