Sanders v. Rowan Drilling Co.

SAVOY, Judge.

This appeal involves an interpretation of LSA-R.S. 37:218, wherein an employment contract was executed between an attorney, William Henry Sanders, and his client, James Ray Sanders.

On July 9, 1970, James Ray Sanders filed a personal injury action in the Ninth Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Rapides, to recover damages for injuries he received while working as a seaman in the employ of Rowan Drilling Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Rowan). William Henry Sanders, the attorney for James Ray Sanders, joined in the petition alleging he had acquired an…