Legal Opinion
Boatel, Inc. v. Delamore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1967No. 21459PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Two questions are presented for decision: First, whether the remedy of the amphibious worker injured on drilling craft in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas in the Submerged Lands Area, against his employer, is exclusively under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act1 (as extended by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act),2 whose coverage expressly excludes a “member of the crew” of a vessel, or is under the Jones Act3 as a seaman. The second, a collateral question, is: Whether the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- O'Keeffe v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Producers Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Luther GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Ronnie W. Longmire v. Sea Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- Young & Company and Texas Employers Insurance Association v. R. J. Shea, Deputy Commissioner of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Gabriel Vincent v. Harvey Well ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Noble Drilling Corporation v. Clyde J. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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