Legal Opinion
Lanasse v. Travelers Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1971No. 31130PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This is another one of those seagoing donnybrooks in which all generously claim that someone else must bear the burden of amounts paid to a seaman for injuries sustained during a typical offshore drilling operation in Louisiana shelf waters. Aside from the usual complexities arising from impleaders, cross-claims, direct actions against underwriters and demands for indemnity, it is also a case in which the party that wrote the contract claims it does not mean what it says and means what it does not say.
The now-to-be-forgotten victim (Porphire Lanasse) was a crew…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United Services Automobile Association v. James B. RussomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Jacksonville Terminal Company v. Railway Express Agency, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Batson-Cook Co. v. Industrial Steel ErectorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Continental Oil Company v. Bonanza Corporation, and Republic Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Lloyd's Syndicate 457 v. FloaTEC, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Porphire Lanasse v. Travelers Insurance Company, the California Company, Defendant-Third Party v. Royal Insurance Company, Excess-Surplus Lines, Inc., And/or Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Hubert J. Wedlock v. Gulf Mississippi Marine Corp., J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. v. Defelice Marine Contractors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Continental Oil Company v. Bonanza Corporation and Republic Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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