Legal Opinion
Lasseigne v. NIGERIAN GULF OIL COMPANY
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 30, 1975No. Civ. A. 4432PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
Issues presented by defendant Nigerian Gulf Oil Company’s motion for summary judgment in this tort action under general maritime law brought on the “law side” of the District Court 1 are: 1) Whether a rigger-employee of an independent contractor who owned a derrick barge operating in navigable waters can maintain a maritime tort action against the party with whom his employer contracted, 2) whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars plaintiff in this action because of an adverse jury verdict in the Western District of Louisiana and 3)…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by8 opinions
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