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DANIEL v. PENROD DRILLING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 73-3273.

393 F.Supp. 1056 (1975)

Vernon Duane DANIEL v. PENROD DRILLING COMPANY et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

February 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mora, III, Metairie, La., John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron Oil Co.

William W. Miles, James L. Donovan, New Orleans, La., for Popich Bros. Water Transport, Inc., Chevron Oil and Reserve Ins. Co.

Marshall Ballard III, Lawrence E. Abbott, New Orleans, La., for Penrod Drilling Co.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Uniguard Ins. Co.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

By motion for mistrial, one of the defendants in a jury trial raises the issue whether an agreement between the plaintiff and a co-defendant, not revealed to the jury or the moving defendant, to dismiss the co-defendant at the end of the trial, in exchange for the co-defendant's agreement to offer no resistance to the plaintiff's case, warrants a new trial.

Vernon Daniel, a Jones Act employee of Penrod, sued his employer for...

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