Legal Opinion
Smith v. Cliff's Drilling Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 1990No. 89-9PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
562 So.2d 1030 (1990)
Cecil L. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CLIFF'S DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 89-9.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
May 23, 1990.
Wm. Henry Sanders, Jena, for plaintiff-appellant.
Preis & Kraft, Edwin G. Preis, Jr., D.C. Panagiotis, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.
Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and FORET and STOKER, JJ.
DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.
Cecil L. Smith, brought suit in state court for injuries he allegedly received while employed as a seaman aboard a vessel in navigable waters. Smith sued under the general maritime law and under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.…
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