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JOHNSON v. GLOBALSANTAFE OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.

No. 14-30422.

799 F.3d 317 (2015)

James JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GLOBALSANTAFE OFFSHORE SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy John Young, Esq. (argued), Tammy Dianne Harris, Esq. , Young Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher Dove, Esq. (argued), Locke Lord , L.L.P., Houston, TX, Charles Bruce Colvin , Michael Robert Carson Riess, Esq. , Kingsmill Riess , L.L.C., Sonique Marie LaFontaine , Monique Marie LaFontaine , Locke, Lord , Bissell & Liddell, L.L.P., Michael Robert Carson Riess, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DENNIS, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

James Johnson, a superintendent aboard a drilling rig, was shot and seriously injured by a Nigerian gunman who invaded the rig. He claims that the negligence of other rig hands caused his injury, and he seeks to hold GlobalSantaFe Offshore Services, Inc. ("GSF") vicariously liable for the rig hands' negligence...

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