Legal Opinion
Law v. Sea Drilling Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1975No. 30657PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge:
Wesley Law and Thomas LeBeouf, employees of a service contractor, stood on the ramp running from a seagoing tender vessel to the fixed platform on the Outer Continental Shelf. The ramp —ominously, gruesomely but accurately for this case described as a “widow maker” — broke, precipitating both into the sea with severe injuries to Law which brought about his death within the hour. Precipitated as well were many intricate questions of law, not the least of which was what law controls? Surrogate law 1 of Louisiana, the adjacent state? Federal statutory law in the form of Death…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Martinez v. Dixie Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- In Re Incident AboardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Hamilton v. Canal Barge Company, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1975
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