Graham v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtParro, J.
This appeal involves a judgment in favor of Marshall Graham, who was injured in a fall on the deck of a dredge barge owned by Cashman Equipment Corporation (CEC), while working as a deckhand on a tugboat owned by his employer, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc. (Offshore). A jury found CEC and Offshore were both at fault and Graham was con-tributorily negligent; it awarded Graham damages, but limited CEC’s liability to the value of the dredge barge, which was $160,000. Offshore and CEC appealed; Graham answered and cross-appealed. For the following reasons, we reverse in part and affirm in…
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