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SPELL v. AMERICAN OILFIELD DIVERS, INC.

No. 98-498.

722 So.2d 399 (1998)

Roger Lee SPELL, Plaintiff-Appellee-2nd Appellant v. AMERICAN OILFIELD DIVERS, INC., Defendant-1st Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, for Roger Lee Spell.

Ralph Edward Kraft, Lafayette, for American Oilfield Divers, Inc.

Before YELVERTON, THIBODEAUX and SAUNDERS, JJ.

YELVERTON, J.

Roger Spell sued his employer, American Oilfield Divers, for Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, maintenance and cure, and punitive damages and attorney's fees for failure to pay maintenance and cure. After a trial, the court denied Spell's claims for negligence and unseaworthiness. It then reinstated maintenance and cure benefits and awarded attorney's fees to Spell in the amount of $15,000.

American appealed the trial court's award of $15...

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