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CLARY v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO.

CIV. A. No. 74-970.

429 F.Supp. 905 (1977)

James T. CLARY v. OCEAN DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY.

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

April 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Sturgeon, Sturgeon & Gore, Ferriday, La., and Jarrell E. Godfrey, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

James E. Diaz, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian & Diaz, Lafayette, La., for defendant.

RULING ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT N. O. V. OR FOR NEW TRIAL

PUTNAM, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, James T. Clary, was injured while working aboard a submersible drilling barge on the outer continental shelf off the coast of Louisiana. He brought suit for damages under the Jones Act and general maritime law for unseaworthiness of the vessel. The accident occurred on February 14, 1974, at about sunrise. The jury found against plaintiff on both...

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