Legal Opinion
Nicholas C. Scheib v. Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1980No. 80-3036PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Nicholas Scheib appeals an adverse jury verdict in his Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and General Maritime Law claims in which he sought damages for personal injuries sustained when he attempted to disembark a dredge tender onto a quarterboat. We affirm.
Scheib, a seaman, was employed by defendant Williams-McWilliams Co., Inc., as the clerk on the dredge ARKANSAS which defendant operated in a canal near Morgan City, Louisiana. Scheib regularly crossed the canal in a dredge tender, the CONNIE, to reach the quarterboat servicing the dredge. On the morning of the accident the…
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