Legal Opinion
Wallace v. Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 9, 1989No. B-88-678-CAPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The plaintiff moves to remand the above captioned and numbered cause to state court. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is hereby GRANTED and the case is REMANDED to the 60th Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas.
I. BACKGROUND
The motion at bar involves a jurisdictional challenge in the context of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). The plaintiff, Carroll Wallace, was employed as a gearman 1 by Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Co., Inc. (Ryan-Walsh) at the Port of Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas, at the time of his injury. Wallace is a…
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