Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,487 Charles Vickers v. Chiles Drilling Co. v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1987No. 86-4534PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Charles Vickers was hurt while working as part of a crew moving a large air compressor off of the drilling rig GULF-STREAM. He appeals a judgment of the district court that the air compressor was not defective. We reverse and remand.
I. Facts
Charles Vickers worked as a roustabout for the Chiles Drilling Co. on its offshore jack-up rig, the GULFSTREAM. The parties have stipulated that Vickers was a Jones Act seaman.
On April 8,1982, Vickers and other members of the Chiles crew undertook to move a large air compressor off of the GULF-STREAM to a supply boat. 1 The…
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