Legal Opinion

Gus R. Legros and Betty Legros, Cross-Appellants v. Panther Services Group, Inc., National Union Fire Insurance Co. Of Pittsburgh, Cross

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 8, 1989No. 87-4370PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The issue is whether the status of a worker found by the district court, on the basis of sufficient evidence, to be a seaman under general maritime law and therefore entitled to maintenance and cure should instead have been determined by first asking whether the worker might have been a harbor worker, and, if the answer were affirmative, concluding that this precluded a finding that he had seaman’s status. We conclude that the district court did not err in applying the traditional test of this circuit, set forth in Offshore Company v. Robison,1 for determining…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. CaputoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Perini North River AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. P. C. Pfeiffer Co. v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Herb's Welding, Inc. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Jethro Barrett v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., E.B.B. Co., Inc. And Lift Barge, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Southwest Marine, Inc. v. GizoniSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Lim v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  3. Spangler v. North Star Drilling Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
  4. Neal v. Barisich, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
  5. Robertson v. Arco Oil and Gas Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1991

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