Legal Opinion
Clarence D. Tipton v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1963No. 19999PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH C. HUTCHESON, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Appellant brought this action under the Jones Act. 1 Employed by appellee as a roughneck on its drilling crew, appellant was assigned to an offshore fixed platform which was tended by Drilling Barge No. 1, concededly a “vessel”. Although appellant performed his principal duties on the fixed platform, as a roughneck, he did occasionally perform various duties aboard the barge and was injured while doing such seaman’s work.
The controlling fact issue before the trial court was whether the appellant was a seaman or crew member, and hence within the coverage…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- McCandless v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Braniff v. Jackson Ave.-Gretna Ferry, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Bihn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Tipton v. Socony Mobil Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Emmett E. Page v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Michael Savoie, Cross-Appellant v. Otto Candies, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United Services Life Insurance Company v. Joan Flores Delaney, Paul Revere Life Insurance Company v. First National Bank in Dallas, Administrator of the Estate of Loy Thomas BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- Willie Caughman v. The Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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