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JOHNSON v. NOBLE DRILLING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 11290.

264 F.Supp. 104 (1966)

Riley J. JOHNSON v. NOBLE DRILLING COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Opelousas Division.

September 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dubuisson & Dubuisson, W. A. Brinkhaus, Opelousas, La., for plaintiff.

Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, H. Lee Leonard, Lafayette, La., for defendants.

PUTNAM, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by Riley J. Johnson against Noble Drilling Company, his former employer, and its insurer under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the general maritime law, for damages for injuries received by him while working on a stationary platform located in the Gulf of Mexico on or about November 28, 1964. Petitioner was attempting to punch holes in a can of caustic soda used to treat the drilling mud employed in the drilling...

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