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SEIVERS v. EPOCH WELL LOGGING, INC.

No. 2003 CA 0282.

868 So.2d 732 (2003)

John R. SEIVERS and Juanita L. Seivers v. EPOCH WELL LOGGING, INC., Baroid Drilling Fluids, Inc., Spirit Energy 76 Inc., R & B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., a/k/a Falcon Inland, Inc., a/k/a R & R Falcon Inland, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daria Burgess Diaz, Robert S. Abdalian, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants John R. Sievers and Juanita L. Sievers.

Brett M. Bollinger, Alan A. Zaunbrecher, Metairie, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Epoch Well Logging, Inc.

Before: WHIPPLE, KUHN, and MCDONALD, JJ.

KUHN, J.

Plaintiffs-appellants, John R. Sievers and his wife, Juanita, appeal the dismissal by summary judgment of their action for Jones Act (46 U.S.C.App. § 688) damages against employer, defendant-appellee, Epoch Well Logging, Inc. (Epoch), based on the trial court's conclusion that John Sievers (John) lacked the requisite seaman status necessary to recover under this federal compensation scheme. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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