Legal Opinion
Ennis Bush v. Oceans International, Sumitomo Trust Bank Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1980No. 78-3810PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:
Plaintiff was injured on October 16, 1974, while employed as a longshoreman on defendant’s vessel which was docked at Port Arthur, Texas. The longshoreman received benefits for that injury from his employer under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901, et seq. In addition, he brought this negligence action against the shipowner on October 11, 1977. The original defendant, Oceans International, did not answer the complaint, but filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that it did not own, operate or control the…
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