Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Enstar Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1988No. 86-3874PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Appellants appeal from an adverse summary judgment in a personal injury action against several of the co-owners of an offshore oil platform on which they were injured. The district court ruled that the plaintiffs/appellants were employed by a joint venture and that the appellee platform owners were members of that joint venture and therefore were shielded from tort liability by the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. We vacate the judgment of the district court.
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Appellants Tommy Davidson and Robert House were employed as…
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