BANCROFT v. MITCHELL OFFSHORE MARINE, LLC

No. CA 09-1067.

44 So.3d 711 (2010)

James Lee BANCROFT, et ux. v. MITCHELL OFFSHORE MARINE, LLC, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan A. Daigle , Brenda L. Mistrot , Daigle, Rayburn, LLC, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Mitchell Offshore Marine, LLC.

Jeff Isel , Jennifer Jones , Jones & Alexander, LLC, Cameron, LA, Brent Barber Boxill , Kenneth Henry Hooks, III , H. Price Mounger , Dodson, Hooks & Frederick, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, James Lee Bancroft, Glenda Bancroft.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


EZELL, Judge.

James Bancroft and Mitchell Offshore Marine both appeal a decision of the trial court in this Jones Act case. For the following reasons, we hereby affirm the decision of the trial court as amended.

The underlying facts of this case are not in dispute. Mr. Bancroft was employed as a seaman on the M/V CAPTAIN NICK when that ship, owned by Mitchell and captained by Jeff Isel, collided with the PAN AM CARIBE, a 440 foot ship. As a result of that...

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