Legal Opinion
Norris Lirette v. N.L. Sperry Sun, Inc. And Quarles Drilling Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1987No. 86-3373PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
Norris Lirette appeals the district court’s dismissal of his Jones Act claims against N.L. Sperry Sun, Inc. and Quarles Drilling Company. Finding that Lirette was not a Jones Act seaman because he was not assigned to an identifiable vessel or fleet of vessels, we affirm.
I
This appeal reaches us through a circuitous route. Norris Lirette filed a claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, in March 1985 in state court for injuries he sustained on board an offshore drilling rig. The defendants, Sperry and Quarles, removed the case to federal court. The district court dismissed Lirette’s Jones Act…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jethro Barrett v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., E.B.B. Co., Inc. And Lift Barge, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Deborah M. Bertrand, Etc. v. International Mooring & Marine, Inc. v. Fidelity & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Norris Lirette v. N.L. Sperry Sun, Inc. And Quarles Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Guidry v. South Louisiana Contractors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Nelson Abshire v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by24 opinions
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