Legal Opinion
Mark Todd Robin v. Wilson Brothers Drilling
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1983No. 82-3586PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Mark Todd Robin filed suit against Wilson Brothers Drilling Co. (Wilson Brothers) and Gulf Oil Corporation, raising claims of unseaworthiness and Jones Act negligence. On this appeal of the jury verdict in favor of the defendants, Robin contends that the district court committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury properly. He also argues that his proof of negligence and unseaworthiness required the district court to direct a verdict in his favor or grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Alternatively, he argues that he should have been granted a new trial. Finding the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Whitney Allen v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Harold E. Alverez, Cross-Appellee v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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