Neuman v. B & B Pile Driving, Inc.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by Leonard Neuman, Jr. against B & B Pile Driving, Inc., for an alleged tort which occurred on navigable waters in the Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana. The Lower Court awarded judgment in favor of defendant and dismissed petitioner’s suit. Petitioner has taken an appeal.

The facts disclose that Delta Iron Works, Inc., hereafter referred to as Delta, an independent contractor, contracted with Union Oil Company of California, Inc. to perform certain diving services in connection with the salvage of drill pipe which had been lost overboard in East…