SHIELDS v. BAKER HUGHES, INC.

No. CW 03-816.

866 So.2d 338 (2004)

Brian T. SHIELDS, et ux. v. BAKER HUGHES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Chopin, Jason P. Foote, Chopin, Wagar, Cole, Richard, Reboul & Kutcher, LLP, Metairie, LA, for Defendants/Applicants, Baker Hughes, Inc., et al.

Elwood C. Stevens, Jr., Attorney at Law, Morgan City, LA, for Plaintiffs/Respondents, Brian T. Shields, Claudette Pereira Shields.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


PETERS, J.

The issue in this application for supervisory writs is whether the spouse of a non-seaman injured offshore worker can recover nonpecuniary loss of consortium damages arising from the worker's injuries. The defendants raised the issue in a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court rejected. We granted the writ application for the sole purpose of calling the matter up for consideration of the issue on the merits. For the following reasons, we now...

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