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BAXTER v. SONAT OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.

No. 98 CA 1054.

734 So.2d 901 (1999)

Paul W. BAXTER and Mrs. Kathy R. Baxter v. SONAT OFFSHORE DRILLING INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Brewer, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Paul W. Baxter.

Timothy C. Cerniglia, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc.

Before: CARTER, C.J., SHORTESS, J., and Edward A. de la HOUSSAYE, J. Pro Tem.

SHORTESS, J.

Paul W. Baxter (plaintiff) filed suit under the Jones Act2 against his employer, Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc. (defendant), alleging he was injured on December 30, 1993, while in the service of the semisubmersible oil rig DF-77.3 Plaintiff alleged in the petition that he was struck in the back of the head while working on the vessel and "to this day has...

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