John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

After suffering injury through the alleged negligence of a fellow employee on an offshore drilling rig located on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Louisiana Employee-Appellant suffered summary judgment in the District Court through the asserted error of the trial Judge in incorrectly determining that in an action invoking the Louisiana Direct Action Statute 1 (i) the Longshoremen’s .and Harbor Workers’ Act 2 (L & H) was the exclusive remedy for appellant and (ii) L & H’s grant of tort immunity to both the employer and the fellow employees of an injured…