MARTIN v. PRIDE OFFSHORE CO., INC.

No. 2005 CA 2373.

950 So.2d 805 (2006)

David MARTIN v. PRIDE OFFSHORE COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Young, N. Husted DeRussy, New Orleans, Counsel for Claimant/Appellant, David Martin.

Chris Broadwater, J. Alan Jordan, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Pride Offshore Company, Inc.

Before: CARTER, C.J., WHIPPLE and McDONALD, JJ.


WHIPPLE, J.

On November 7, 1996, claimant, David Martin, was employed by defendant, Pride Offshore Company, Inc. ("Pride"), as a roustabout on a fixed platform rig when he was injured in a single-car accident in Mississippi. At the conclusion of claimant's regularly scheduled seven-day "hitch," he was flown via helicopter from the rig to a parking lot in Venice, Louisiana, where his personal vehicle was parked. Approximately two to three hours and 132 miles from Venice...

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