Legal Opinion
Cal Dive International, Inc. v. Andrew Schm
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 21, 2016No. 15-30300UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
After settling a lengthy, hotly contested lawsuit against it on the eve of trial, Cal Dive International, Inc. continued to sur-veil the former plaintiff Andrew Schmidt in an apparent effort to monitor the continuing effects of a brain injury that had allegedly left Schmidt permanently disabled. Based on discovery of evidence suggesting that Schmidt was not in fact permanently disabled, exactly one year after entry of the judgment based on that settlement, Cal Dive filed a new lawsuit alleging that the settlement agreement had been induced through fraud. We are called upon to…
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