Legal Opinion
Producers Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Luther Gray
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1966No. 21463PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
We are again given the opportunity to consider the propriety of a directed verdict on the issues of the status of a submersible drilling barge as a vessel and of a member of the drilling crew as a seaman. The plaintiff, Luther Gray, was a roustabout working on Producers Drilling Company’s Rig No. 2 and was injured by a pipe which fell upon his foot during the drilling operation. At the time of the injury the drilling barge was resting on the bottom of a canal dredged for the purpose of allowing the barge to reach the drilling site. Plaintiff brought suit under the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gianfala v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by102 opinions
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- Robert Bernard v. Binnings Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Brian Gremillion and Connie Gremillion v. Gulf Coast Catering Company, Doerle's Quarterboats, Inc., and Albany Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Michael James Ardoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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