Legal Opinion
Huey E. Thompson v. Brown & Root U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1987No. 87-2464PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
In September 1982, plaintiff Huey Thompson, a seaman, injured his back while carrying too heavy a load up a companionway; and on August 26, 1986, he executed a release in favor of the present defendants containing recitations that we set out in the margin.1
Ten days later the release, with an attached Agreed Motion for Judgment, was presented in an action that Thompson had filed in the Beaumont Federal Court against the defendants; and judgment approving the settlement by its ward was entered by that Court on September 11 of that year. By that time, however, Thompson had returned to the well.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Earl B. Lewis v. Texaco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hanson v. Gimrock Construction, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- Huey E. Thompson v. Brown & Root U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987