Legal Opinion
Spell v. American Oilfield Divers, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 9, 1998No. 98-498PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
722 So.2d 399 (1998)
Roger Lee SPELL, Plaintiff-Appellee-2nd Appellant
v.
AMERICAN OILFIELD DIVERS, INC., Defendant-1st Appellant.
No. 98-498.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
December 9, 1998.
Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, for Roger Lee Spell.
Ralph Edward Kraft, Lafayette, for American Oilfield Divers, Inc.
Before YELVERTON, THIBODEAUX and SAUNDERS, JJ.
YELVERTON, J.
Roger Spell sued his employer, American Oilfield Divers, for Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, maintenance and cure, and punitive damages and attorney's fees for failure to pay maintenance and cure. After a trial, the…
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