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COUTEE v. GLOBAL MARINE DRILLING CO.

No. 2004-1293.

895 So.2d 631 (2005)

Delton COUTEE v. GLOBAL MARINE DRILLING COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delos E. Flint, Jr., George J. Fowler, III, Lawrence R. Demarcay, III, Fowler, Rodriguez & Chalos, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee — Global Marine Drilling Company.

Eugene A. Ledet, Jr., Rivers, Beck, Dalrymple & Ledet, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant — Delton Coutee.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

In this Jones Act negligence case, plaintiff, Delton Coutee, appeals the judgment of the trial court in favor of defendant, Global Marine Drilling Company (Global Marine). The trial court concluded that Mr. Coutee failed to prove that the Global Marine vessel from which he fell was unreasonably unsafe for its intended purposes under the Jones Act. The trial court also found that Mr. Coutee was entitled to a cure award of $1,885.11, but that...

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