Legal Opinion
Bible v. Chevron Oil Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 30, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-382PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
On August 17, 1966, James Bible, an employee of Houma Welders, Inc., was working as a welder’s helper on a fixed platform located in the Gulf of Mexico about one mile offshore from La-fourche Parish, Louisiana. An opening in the deck of the platform near its southeast corner was being decked and that part of the structure was being reinforced with ten inch steel beams to support a compressor. Bible was standing near the opening, holding one end of a rope; the other end was tied to a beam being lowered by him and his coworkers into place in the opening. It is contended…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- The PlymouthSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Nacirema Operating Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by5 opinions
- James J. Oppen, Arthur J. Luck and Glenn A. Henry v. Aetna Insurance Co., Union Oil Co. Of Calif.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. v. Vessel Thomas E. CuffeDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1977
- Dudley v. Bayou Fabricators, Inc.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1971
- Hails v. Atlantic Richfield Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984
- La Lande v. Gulf Oil Corp.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1970