Legal Opinion
Coy E. Kirtland v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1978No. 76-2511PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal originally sought to raise the issue whether a defendant, whose alleged liability is based on Louisiana tort law, 1 and a defendant, sued under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for alleged joint negligence leading to the plaintiffs injury, may be considered liable for the same debt in solido. If so, a suit against the Jones Act employer would interrupt the prescriptive period (referred to as the statute of limitations in other states) with respect to the other. See LSA-C.C. Art. 2097. However, because the appeal was taken before a final judgment was…
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