United States Fifth Circuit

A crewman who practices an art developed in land work and transposed to a maritime setting cannot show that at least 30 percent of his time is spent on vessels under the common ownership or control of his employer and is thus precluded from recovering as a "seaman" under the Jones Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/02/2001
• Published 10/02/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Arlen Braud, II,Michelle Oubre Gallagher (argued), C. Arlen Braud & Associates, Madisonville, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Robert Allan Vosbein, Jr. (argued), Robert A. Vosbein, Robert N. Markle, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Kerr-McGee Corp., Elton F. Chip Duncan, III (argued), Duncan & Courington, New Orleans, LA, for Cardinal Services, Inc.