Legal Opinion
Noble Drilling Corporation v. Clyde J. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1969No. 25798PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Science having sent the drilling for oil and gas out to sea, problems have arisen regarding the liability to amphibious workmen injured while performing duties relating to offshore drilling operations. The injured worker here was a mud pumper who was injured on an offshore drilling platform but who spent most of his working time aboard a tender servicing the platform. The question is whether this worker was a “seaman” or a “member of the crew” of a vessel within the contemplation of the Jones Act. 1 We hold that Clyde J. Smith, the injured pumper, was a Jones Act…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Jerry Wayne Davis v. Hill Engineering, Inc. And Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Ronnie W. Longmire v. Sea Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Michael James Ardoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Nelson Abshire v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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