Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Dixie Carriers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1976No. 74-3311PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This multiparty suit in admiralty grows out of the death of a shore-based worker performing services in Texas City, Texas, on a barge used to transport benzene and similar cargoes. On March 1, 1972,1 Joseph Martinez was overcome by noxious fumes while he was engaged in stripping a barge (the B-29) liquid free. The B-29 had been used to transport Hytrol-D, a petrochemical mixture containing a substantial concentration of benzene. Juanita C. Martinez, as the surviving widow and as the personal representative of the surviving children and her husband’s estate, filed this…
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- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by105 opinions
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