Casaceli v. Martech International, Inc.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Transocean Contractors, Inc., and the CHERAMIE BO-TRUC #11 appeal the judgments against them in an action for damages resulting from the death of a diver, Joseph Bodd. Bodd drowned during an attempt to repair the CHERAMIE BO-TRUC while it was docked in a slip owned by Transocean. Because the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdicts against the appellants, we reverse.

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Joseph Bodd, an employee of Martech International, Inc. (Martech), worked as a diver’s tender on board the CHERAMIE BO-TRUC # 11 for the two weeks prior to August 12, 1978. The vessel was conducting a…