Miller v. Griffin-Alexander Drilling Co.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Facts

The plaintiff, Kally Miller, was employed by defendant Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company as a mud man aboard the drilling barge GA-III when he fell from a ladder and injured his leg. Two days later Dr. Sanders, one of the three medical defendants, examined and treated him on shore. Dr. Sanders allowed the plaintiff to return to the GA-III.

Several days later, Dr. Comeaux, the second medical defendant, referred the plaintiff to Dr. Bozeman, the third. The plaintiff did not return to work after examinations by these doctors. Later, Dr. Boze-man performed a series of…