District Court, S.D. Texas April 26, 1982, Civ. A. G-81-56 (Presley v. Vessel Carribean Seal)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, James R. Presley, commenced this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law against his employer, Geophysical Service, Inc., the M/V CARRIBEAN SEAL, and her owners, Caribe Company and Sealcraft Operators, Inc., for injuries allegedly sustained in the course and scope of his employment on board the vessel.