Legal Opinion
Fountain v. John E. Graham & Sons
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 3, 1993No. Civ. A. 90-0495-P-MPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING GRAHAM’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
PITTMAN, Senior District Judge.
These cases are before the court on John E. Graham & Sons’ (Graham’s) motion for judgment as a matter of law at the close of Fountain’s evidence at trial on the issue of liability. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED as to, all of Fountain’s claims.
Graham had filed for a declaratory judgment in this court. That case was consolidated with a suit brought by Fountain, originally filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana, raising claims for Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, and…
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