Legal Opinion
Daughdrill v. Diamond M. Drilling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1971No. 29794PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Defendant appeals from a judgment against it for damages foh wrongful death under the Jones Act. 46 U.S.C. § 688. Holding that decedent was not in the course of his employment at the time of the automobile accident in which he was killed, and that the action cannot otherwise be sustained under the Louisiana wrongful death statute, we reverse.
Enis J. Daughdrill, a resident of Monticello, Mississippi, was employed by the defendant Diamond M. Drilling Com-*783party as a member of a drilling crew on a submersible drilling barge located in Galveston Bay, a short distance, but more…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Blanchard v. OgimaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- O'BRIEN v. Traders and General Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Thomas E. Baker v. Ocean Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Reed v. Gulf Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Mrs. Annie Bell Guffy Moore v. Associated Pipeline ContractorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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