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BASS v. PHOENIX SEADRILL/78, LTD.

Civ. A. No. B-80-812-CA.

562 F.Supp. 790 (1983)

Ronnie Gene BASS v. PHOENIX SEADRILL/78, LTD., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford Parker, Parker & McPherson, Carthage, Tex., for plaintiff.

Hubert Oxford, III, Benckenstein, McNicholas, Oxford, Radford, Johnson & Nathan, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant Phoenix Seadrill 78/Ltd., et al.

Tom L. Hanna, Arthur R. Almquist, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant Crown Rig Building Services, Inc.

John D. Gilpin, Gilpin, Maynard, Parsons, Pohl & Bennett, Houston, Tex., for defendant Branham Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINAL JUDGMENT

JOE J. FISHER, District Judge.

On May 5, 1980, the twenty-five year old plaintiff was injured while working as a roughneck in the Gulf of Mexico aboard his employer's drilling vessel, BIG FOOT I. A forty two pound ratchet jack handle fell some 85 feet and struck Ronnie Bass in the head. The handle shattered his hard hat and crushed the back of his skull.

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