Legal Opinion
Hufnagel v. Omega Service Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1999No. 98-30191PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
On April 23, 1996, plaintiff-appellant Richard H. Hufnagel (Hufnagel) was injured while working on a drilling platform permanently affixed to the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Louisiana. Huf-nagel sued his employer, the platform owner, and the owner of an adjacent jack-up boat, in Louisiana state court alleging, among others, claims under the Jones Act, the general maritime law, and as to each defendant “under the Louisiana Civil Code, Articles 2315, 2317 and 2322, for the negligence, strict liability, violations of the Coast Guard and Secretary of the…
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