Legal Opinion
Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. Leroy Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1988No. 85-2583, 85-2690PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the authority of a federal district court to enjoin the prosecution of a previously filed state court civil suit and declare the purported state law causes of action therein asserted preempted by the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950.
The state suit was brought by appellant Leroy Jackson (Jackson), a workman who had been injured in the course of his LHWCA-covered employment, against ap-pellee, Texas Employer’s Insurance Association (TEIA), his employer’s LHWCA insurer, seeking damages for mental anguish,…
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