Legal Opinion
Tharp v. TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided August 13, 1973No. 73-370-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.
This case arises from the accidental death of an employee on a submersible drilling rig operated by one or both Defendants. It is an action under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688) and under the general maritime law brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Upon motion by the Defendant Transworld Drill ing Company, (the only Defendant before the court) which motion was unopposed by Plaintiff, the Court on May 23, 1973, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a) transferred the case to the United States District Court for the Western…
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