Legal Opinion
Rowan Companies, Inc. v. Ainsworth
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-1149PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
LITTLE, Chief Judge.
Before this court is the disposition of plaintiff Rowan Companies’ (“Rowan”) declaratory judgment action. Plaintiff seeks a declaration that it has no maintenance and cure obligation to Larry D. Ainsworth (“Ainsworth”), its former seaman employee. After a bench trial and for the following reasons, this court RENDERS JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF, deciding that it owes no maintenance and cure obligation to Ainsworth.
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
Rowan employed Ainsworth as a roustabout assigned to the Rowan Odessa, a jack-up drilling vessel owned and operated by…
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