Rowan R. Bailey v. Rowan Drilling Company, Inc.

Plaintiff/appellant instituted this multiple-party, multiple-claim maritime personal injury suit in the court below against his employer (Rowan Drilling Co.), the employer’s insurance carrier (Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Co. of New York) and Chevron Oil Company, the owner of the offshore drilling rig upon which plaintiff was injured. Upon employer-insurer’s motion, the district court granted summary judgment adverse to the plaintiff on his Jones Act claim, holding, as a matter of law, that plaintiff was not a seaman under the circumstances alleged. Chevron Oil Company remains a party…