Legal Opinion
Smith v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1965No. Civ. A. 8891PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge:
This litigation began when Roy Inman Smith sued Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc., for injuries sustained while engaged in marine diving from the Brown & Root Barge H. S. LINDSAY. Brown & Root impleaded Underwater Services, Inc., Smith’s employer, whom it had engaged as an independent contractor to perform marine diving services in connection with the erection and repair of an offshore oil well drilling platform.
Smith sustained extremely serious and permanent injuries. Brown & Root settled Smith’s claim for $75,000 and is seeking to recover from Underwater that sum,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Parfait v. Jahncke Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Molett v. Penrod Drilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkanter, N. v. V. Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Whisenant v. Brewster-Bartle Offshore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United New York Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. Rodermond Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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