Legal Opinion
Lankford J. McIlwain v. Placid Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1973No. 72-2387PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
In December of 1969 Lankford Mc-llwain unexpectedly plummeted into the Gulf of Mexico and was seriously injured when a section of the grated deck of an offshore drilling platform upon which he was working gave way beneath his feet. At the time Mcllwain was a seaman employed by the Penrod Drilling Company (Penrod); his crew had been assigned to work on the offshore platform in order to fulfill a drilling contract Penrod had made with the Placid Oil Company (Placid) . The platform from which Mcllwain fell had been constructed and installed for Placid by J. Ray McDermott &…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Donald R. Brian, Tutor Of, and for the Use and Benefit of His Minor Child,nancy BrianCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Vinton Petroleum Co. v. L. Seiss Oil Syndicate, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Olsen v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Delores Alston Smith, Etc. v. Ithaca Corporation and Texas City Tankers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hyde v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Ernest J. Ramos, Cross-Claimants and Intervenors-Appellants v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Shell Oil Company, Harold Lee Engineering Co., Cross-Claimants and Third Party v. Livingston Corporation, Cross-Claimants and Third Party DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Ellis v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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