Legal Opinion
Charles D. Gautreaux v. Scurlock Marine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1997No. 95-30250, 95-30272PublishedCited by 330 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Scurlock Marine, Inc. moves this En Banc Court to consider whether seamen, in Jones Act negligence cases, are bound to a standard of ordinary prudence in the exercise of care for their own safety, or whether they are bound to a lesser duty of slight care. On appeal to a panel of this Court, Scurlock Marine had assigned as error, inter alia, the district court’s instructions to the jury charging that seamen were bound only to a duty of slight care for their own safety. The panel denied Scurlock Marine relief on this point because the jury instructions…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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