Legal Opinion
Labit v. Santa Fe Marine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1976No. 75-2988PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Labit was injured while working for Santa Fe Marine, Inc. on an offshore floating drilling vessel. In his Jones Act1 suit, a jury found that Santa Fe Marine was negligent and that Labit was 50% contributorily negligent, and it assessed the value of his injury at $15,-000.2 Labit’s timely motion for a new trial was denied, and he now appeals from the judgment of the district court. He assigns as error the following points: (1) the evidence was insufficient to justify the jury’s finding of contributory negligence; (2) the district court erred in failing to grant a new…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cleveland Burgess v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- R. I. McClanahan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Lucille H. Burch v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Gabriel Felice v. The Long Island Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- James L. Stewart, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Cameo Convalescent Center, Inc. v. SennCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. SantosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. WilkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
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