Legal Opinion
McCarty v. Service Contracting, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 25, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-228PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEST, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff, Claiborne McCarty, brings this action seeking damages for injuries which he sustained on January 9, 1969 while working as a derrick hand on board a submersible drilling barge, the SCI Rig No. 1, which was owned and operated by his employer, Service Contracting, Inc., defendant herein. Federal subject matter jurisdiction in this case rests on the Jones Act, Title 46, U.S.C.A., § 688, and General Maritime Law. The threshold questions, therefore, are first, whether or not plaintiff was employed by defendant as a “seaman,” and secondly, whether or not he was employed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Producers Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Luther GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Marine Drilling Company, Inc., and the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York v. Richard J. AutinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Ledet v. U. S. Oil of Louisiana, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Calvin J. Smith v. Trans-World Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Porche v. Gulf Mississippi Marine CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1975
- Johnson v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Johnson v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Mary E. Barger, Cross-Appellant v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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