Legal Opinion
Bulen v. Hall-Houston Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 31, 1997No. Civil Action No. 96-2381PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
Before the court is the plaintiffs motion to remand this suit to the state court from which it was removed based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c)1.
Bulen alleges that he was injured while transferring himself via swing rope from the M/V Agnes Candies to an offshore platform owned by defendant Hall-Houston Oil Company located in the Gulf of Mexico. His complaint states claims under Louisiana law for negligence and strict liability against Hall-Houston, and under the general maritime law against the vessel owner, Otto…
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