                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 99-30175


LINDA G. MEELER, on behalf of Clifton Wade Meeler,

                                            Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

SCHLUMBERGER, LTD; ET AL,
                                            Defendants,

SCHLUMBERGER, LTD.; SCHLUMBERGER
TECHNOLOGY CORP.; SCHLUMBERGER,
LTD. ANADRILL, a division of
Schlumberger Technology Corp.,

                                            Defendants-Appellees.



          Appeal from the United States District Court
              for the Western District of Louisiana
                          (97-CV-1581)


                           January 14, 2000

Before POLITZ, GIBSON* and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     AFFIRMED.    See 5th Cir. R. 47.6.**




    *
     Circuit Judge of the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

    **
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
