Legal Opinion
De Raine O. Andry v. Farrell Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1973No. 72-2502PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
In this Jones Act case, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, the District Court denied plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict on the questions of negligence and unseaworthiness. In answer to special interrogatories, the jury found the vessel seaworthy, the defendant free from negligence, and the plaintiff “100% contribu-torily” negligent. Plaintiff challenges the District Court’s failure to grant a directed verdict and its instructions to the jury regarding the negligence and unseaworthiness. We affirm.
Plaintiff, employed as a “wiper” in the engine room of defendant’s vessel, alleged that, while the vessel…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Robert B. Troutman, Jr. v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Lena Sias Bolden v. Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Frederick A. Webster v. Sea Drilling Corporation v. Boatel, Inc., Defendant-Impleader-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Delmar Mayfield, Individually, and on Behalf of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Chisholm-Moore Hoist Division and Columbus McKinnon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
3Cited by19 opinions
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- Whitney Allen v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- Roland Sandidge v. Salen Offshore Drilling Company, Salen Protexa Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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