Hollis v. McDermott, Inc.

IxLANDRIEU, Judge.

This suit arises from an incident that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the McDermott Derrick Barge DB-50 to which plaintiffiappellant, William Hollis, was assigned as a diver. While Hollis and his fellow divers were having lunch on May 19, 1990, the diving supervisor, Wayne Willett, began to choke. Hollis performed a Heimlich maneuver on Willett and successfully dislodged a piece of celery. That night, Hollis performed a dive that lasted approximately two hours. At some point on May 19th, Hollis began to complain of back pain; he was later diagnosed as having a…