Legal Opinion
John D. Addison v. Gulf Coast Contracting Services, Inc. And Texaco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1984No. 84-4131PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. HILL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, John D. Addison, filed this action under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime laws of the United States seeking damages from Gulf Coast Contracting, Inc. (Gulf Coast) and Texaco, Inc. (Texaco) for an injury he suffered while employed as a roustabout on a fixed tank battery platform located at Garden Island Bay, Louisiana. After a trial on the merits, the district court, sitting without a jury, found that Addison lacked seaman status under the Jones Act, that neither Gulf Coast nor Texaco was negligent with…
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- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re Ben CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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