Dearman v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jimmy Dearman, appeals the decision of the trial court sustaining defendant’s, Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc., exceptions of no cause of action and res judicata in this Jones Act case concerning a release and a loss of consortium claim by the injured seaman’s wife and children. Finding no error on the part of the trial court, we affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Jimmy Dean Dearman (Mr. Dearman), a Mississippi resident, was hired by defendant, Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc. (Mallard) as a roustabout aboard a jack up rig located in Mobile Bay, Alabama. On June 26, 1990, Mr. Dearman…