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BECKER v. TIDEWATER, INC.

No. 08-30183.

586 F.3d 358 (2009)

Seth A. BECKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIDEWATER, INC.; Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc.; Tidewater Marine LLC; Pental Insurance Company Ltd.; Certain Underwriters At Lloyds Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees, v. Baker Hughes, Inc.; Baker Oil Tools, Inc., a division of Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cliffe E. Laborde, III (argued), James D'Arensbourg Hollier, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Edwin G. Preis, Jr., Jennifer Elmer Michel (argued), Preis & Roy, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

James Parkerson Roy, Jamie D. Parker, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Becker.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

The panel opinion issued August 28, 2009, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted in its place.

This is an appeal from a trial stemming from injuries sustained by Plaintiff-Appellant Seth Becker ("Seth") while he was aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. After a bench trial, the district court held Defendant-Appellant Baker1 55% liable for Seth's injuries and Defendant-Appellee Tidewater...

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