Legal Opinion
Sylve v. EW Gravolet Canning Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 23, 1967No. Civ. A. 15918PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASSIBRY, District Judge.
This is a suit for damages based on unseaworthiness under the general maritime law, negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 et seq., and maintenance and cure. The action arose out of an explosion and flash fire aboard the oyster boat Marguerite A while it was moored to a dock in the Gravolet Canal in Pointea-la-Hache, Louisiana, on the morning of May 11, 1965. The defendant denied liability and, in the alternative, prayed for limitation of liability. The case was tried to the Court on July 26 and 27, 1967.
At all material times, the Marguerite A was owned and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Karl Weiss, Jr. v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Bradford Coleman v. Jahncke Service, Inc., the Home Insurance Company v. The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission and Winndixie Louisiana, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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- Petition of Canal Barge CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
- Gibboney v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Complaint of Allied Towing Corp.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1976
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