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FONTENOT v. SOUTHWESTERN OFFSHORE CORP.

No. 00-1722.

787 So.2d 588 (2001)

Keith FONTENOT v. SOUTHWESTERN OFFSHORE CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Michael Bassett, James P. Ryan, Patrick Craig Morrow, Jr., Morrow & Morrow, Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Keith Fontenot.

Michael Anthony McGlone, Lemle, Kelleher, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Southwestern Offshore Corporation, Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company and A & W Louisiana, Inc.

William Monroe Quin, II, Lemle & Kelleher, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Southwestern Offshore Corporation, Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company and A & W Louisiana, Inc.

John Powers Wolff, III, Keogh, Cox, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Baker Marine Corporation.

Barry Louis Domingue, The Juneau Firm, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for CIGNA Insurance Company.

Court composed of DOUCET, Chief Judge, COOKS, SAUNDERS, AMY and PICKETT, Judges.

AMY, Judge.

A seaman filed suit against the defendants for damages resulting from an injury allegedly occurring while working as a mud engineer on an offshore oil and gas drilling rig. The trial court found the seaman to be seventy-five percent at fault in causing the accident and awarded him general damages, past and future medical expenses, and lost wages. The seaman appealed. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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