Legal Opinion
Rudolph Brown v. Aggie & Millie, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1973No. 73-1975PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this admiralty case defendant shipowner appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granting plaintiff seaman $12,500 in damages and $8 a day maintenance and cure with interest on both awards from the date of judicial demand. Defendant alleges five points of error in the opinion and judgment of the district court. We find four of these contentions to be entirely without merit and we remand on the fifth point only for the correction of an inadvertent omission in the judgment below.
Plaintiff, a 51 year old seaman…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Harris J. Doucet v. Wheless Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Noritake Co., Inc. v. M/v Hellenic ChampionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Glynn J. Pelotto v. L & N Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Beverly P. Davis, Wife Of/and Willie Earl Davis v. Odeco, Inc., Murphy Exploration & Production Company, Originally Sued as Odeco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Bob Springborn, Cross-Appellant v. American Commercial Barge Lines, Inc., Inland Tugs Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Richard T. Wood, Cross-Appellant v. Diamond M Drilling Company and Diamond M International Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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