Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Offshore Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 7, 1977No. Civ. A. 74-H-1632PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
I. STATEMENT OF CASE
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
On the evening of October 8, 1974, the No. 4 leg of the Drilling Rig GEMINI suddenly gave way in the Gulf of Suez, thereby tilting the drilling platform and causing nineteen men and the approximate 400 ton drilling rig equipment package (“rig package”) within which they were working to slide off the platform into the Gulf 25 feet below. Eighteen of the nineteen men aboard died, including four American citizens. This action is brought by the survivors of the four American decedents to recover the…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jerry Wayne Davis v. Hill Engineering, Inc. And Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Ruth Culver, Cross-Appellees v. Slater Boat Co., Cross Europirates International, Inc., and Cross- Appellees-Appellants v. Odeco Drilling, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Melanie Snyder v. Whittaker Corporation, Billie Fay Allen v. Whittaker CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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