Trahan v. Thenamaris Ship Management, Inc.

DOUCET, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Armond and Cornelia Tra-han, and the third-party plaintiffs, Thena-maris Ship Management, Inc. (Thenamaris), appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their Jones Act claim. We reverse.

Armond Trahan alleges he was injured on November 18,1987, during the course of his employment with Zapata Haynie Corporation (Zapata) while changing a light bulb on the Zapata vessel F/Y Q.O. Dunn (the Dunn). The Dunn was moored at the Zapata facility in Cameron, Louisiana at the time of the alleged incident. Trahan was allegedly standing on a milk crate to change a light bulb,…