Legal Opinion
Kibadeaux v. Standard Dredging Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1936No. 7929PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Kibadeaux libeled the steam dredge Burlington in admiralty for a, personal injury. On stipulated facts the libel was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The question on this appeal is whether a deck hand on a dredge engaged in cleaning the slips in Galveston harbor navigated by ships iu interstate and foreign commerce, who was injured while at work by defects in the appliances of the dredge, may libel the dredge in admiralty, or must claim under the Federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.), or under the State Employees Compensation Act…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by52 opinions
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