Legal Opinion
Solet v. M/V Capt. H. v. Dufrene
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 19, 1969No. Civ. A. 67-1713PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
On the morning of April 13, 1966 the M/V CAPT. H.V. DUFRENE and her crew were shrimping in the Gulf of Mexico approximately two miles off the Louisiana coast. August Solet, a deckhand aboard the trawler, was using a winch to lift a net containing a haul of shrimp. The winch cable ran through a block suspended from a shackle. The shackle was fastened to a pad eye, or "U” bolt, that was welded to a steel cross-arm on the lifting boom. The weld that held the pad eye broke, and the cables, block and shackle fell, striking Solet. Solet sued the owner of the trawler, Elvin J.…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Lee D. Harper v. Zapata Off-Shore CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Anthony P. Kraljic v. Berman Enterprises, Inc., and General Marine Transport Corp., Berman Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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