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ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. v. BLANTON

Civ. A. No. 90-2479.

764 F.Supp. 1090 (1991)

ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. v. Harvey L. BLANTON.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

February 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Patrick Klotz, Jr., Abbott, Best & Meeks, Peter Stephan Koeppel, Best, Koeppel & Klotz, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Richard Lee Root, Strauss & Associates, New Orleans, La., Marshall Joel Hough, Jr., Hough & Associates, Metairie, La., for defendant.

ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

This motion focuses on the growing phenomenon of strategic forum preclusion by the Bar.

On July 10, 1990, plaintiff Rowan Companies filed suit seeking adjudication and declaration of its obligation to pay maintenance and cure benefits to defendant Mr. Harvey L. Blanton. Mr. Blanton was employed by Rowan as a member of the crew of the jack-up drilling rig ROWAN ODESSA # 19 when, on April 5, 1990, he says...

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