Frederick v. Mobil Oil Corp.

Mobil Oil Corporation, the owner of a fixed offshore oil platform in the Gulf of *444Mexico, challenges a judgment against it in the sum of $305,818.52, plus interest from the date of judicial demand, for negligently causing the injury of a subcontractor’s employee. Mobil asserts that the district court erred (1) by refusing, on the strength of the immunity from tort liability granted to employers by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, to direct a verdict in Mobil’s favor, (2) by instructing the jury on the Louisiana rescue doctrine, (3) by awarding prejudgment interest, and…