Legal Opinion
Mifsud v. Palisades Geophysical Institute, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 8, 1980No. Civ. A. H-78-2216PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CIRE, District Judge.
This is a general maritime and Jones Act suit brought by Plaintiff John F. Mifsud against Defendants Palisades Geophysical Institute, Inc., and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (U.T.). Plaintiff Mifsud claims that he is an American seaman who was hired by one or both of the Defendants as an assistant engineer on February 1, 1977, to embark on a geophysical data gathering voyage in the Caribbean sea aboard Defendants’ vessel, the Ida Green. Mifsud alleges that as a result of Defendants’ negligence and/or the unseaworthiness of the Ida…
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