Legal Opinion
Smith v. Service Contracting, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 1, 1967No. 2571PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL, Judge.
This litigation was commenced when Newell H. Smith, Jr., the present plaintiff, filed a libel in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division, against Service Contracting, Inc., The California Company and (by amendment) Noble Drilling Company. The libel was brought pursuant to the provisions of the Jones Act and the general maritime law of the United States. It sought damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the libelant on December 11, 1962 on a stationary oil drilling platform located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of…
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- Frank Ursich v. Manuel D. Da RosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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