The employer of a maritime medic is trying to deny him restitution for severe back and leg injuries he reported from a shipboard accident.
Rowan Companies filed a summary judgment motion Feb. 1 in order to block Curtis Woulard from receiving maintenance and cure from the accident that allegedly took place during operations on the vessel Gorilla II in Sabine, Texas on Jan. 26, 2009. The injuries were severe and disabling, court records show.
Woulard filed a Jones Act lawsuit for maintenance and cure in Jefferson County, Texas, which Rowan allegedly refused to pay and would thus entitle him to punitive damages.
Rowan claims there is insufficient evidence to support his claims for damages.
Source: Southeast Texas Record
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