Legal Opinion
Guidry v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided August 25, 1965No. 9844PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this suit against his employer and its insurer under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688 et seq.), and the General Maritime Law, for damages for personal injuries alleged to be the result of his employer’s negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel on which he was employed. Coupled therewith is a claim for maintenance and cure. Defendants answered, alleging as a defense that plaintiff is barred from bringing this suit since he had received an award of compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Com*692pensation Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.),…
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- Hoffman v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Hagens v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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