Legal Opinion
Ledet v. U. S. Oil of Louisiana, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 31, 1964No. 6055, Division DPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge:
Adolph Ledet brought this libel in personam under the Jones Act and the General Maritime Law against U. S. Oil of Louisiana, Inc. and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, for damages, maintenance and cure, civil and maritime, as a result of an injury which he sustained while working aboard the submersible J. W. Mecom Drilling Barge No. 6 on June 3, 1963.
Libelant was employed from January 1963 to June 3, 1963 by the respondent, U. S. Oil, in the capacity of a roughneck aboard the drilling barge, which is used in the exploration and development of the Gulf…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- McAllister v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Eddie Stanley v. Guy Scroggins Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
3Cited by8 opinions
- Sanford Bros. Boats, Inc. v. Dalvis VidrineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Hudspeth v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Daughdrill v. DIAMOND" M" DRILLING COMPANYDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1969
- McCarty v. Service Contracting, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- Callendar v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
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