Legal Opinion
Alice Faye Campbell, Wife of and William Campbell v. Teledyne Movible Offshore, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1983No. 82-4531PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment for maintenance and cure 1 under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, by the appellant-defendant, Teledyne Movible Offshore, Inc. (“Teledyne”). Because the District Court’s findings are not clearly erroneous, we affirm.
The facts of this case can be set forth briefly.
On January 15, 1982, plaintiff William Campbell was employed by Teledyne as a seaman aboard the vessel TELEDYNE RIG III, 2 a semi-submersible drilling rig engaged in oil recovery operations. Campbell was assigned to work on the drill floor of the rig, operating a set of…
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