Legal Opinion
Smith v. Eastern Seaboard Pile Driving, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 15, 1979No. 806, Docket 78-7531PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge:
This case arose out of the untimely death of Earl Roy Smith, who drowned while scuba diving to inspect a damaged dredge. Evelyn G. Smith, the decedent’s wife and administratrix of his estate, filed an action seeking damages from her husband’s employer. The employer, Eastern Seaboard Pile Driving, Inc. (“Eastern”) prevailed when the District Court held that the plaintiff could not maintain an action under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., because the decedent had been providing repair services at the…
2Cases cited18 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
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Roger Johnson v. A/s Ivarans RederiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Moser v. Texas Trailer Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Ma-Ju Marine Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Ducrepont v. Baton Rouge Marine Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1987
- Lee A. Pichoff, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Bisso Towboat Co., Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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