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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