Johnson v. Gulf Coast Contracting Services, Inc.

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice

This is a Jones Act case. Lawrence Johnson fell from the scaffold of a drilling rig, receiving personal injuries. He and his wife subsequently sued Matagorda Marine Drilling Company, A.W.I., Inc., and Gulf Coast Contracting Services, Inc. Plaintiffs settled with Matagorda and A.W.I., Inc. A jury found that Johnson was not a seaman, resulting in a judgment for Gulf Coast, from which Plaintiffs have perfected appeal to this court. The parties will be referred to herein as Appellant and Appel-lee.

Appellant’s first point of error follows:

“The trial court erred by…