Legal Opinion
Russell Litherland v. Petrolane Offshore Construction Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1977No. 75-2722PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
This suit for Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure was brought for the injuries suffered by an offshore diver. Russell Litherland sued Petrolane Offshore Construction Services, Inc. (Petrolane) and Insurance Company of North America in personam, and libelled Petrolane’s barge ALLIGATOR in rem. The jury found negligence and unseaworthiness but failed to find causation under either theory. It then awarded $75,000 maintenance and cure. Appellant Lither-land levels a double-barreled attack upon the verdict and judgment: alleged plain error in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Spinks v. Chevron Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Angel Urti v. Transport Commercial CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Jeanette Holland, Administratrix of the Estate of Aaron James Holland, Deceased, Cross v. Allied Structural Steel Company, Inc., CrossappelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- George A. Lies v. Farrell Lines, Inc. And Does One Through Ten, InclusiveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. An Article of Drug Consisting of 4,680 Pails, More or Less, Each Pail Containing 60 Packets, Etc., Pfizer, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Nicholas C. Scheib v. Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Daniel Ramos Rios v. Empresas Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Etc., and Third-Party v. Fred Imbert, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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