Legal Opinion
Oliver v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 9, 1963No. Civ. A. 9524PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff alleges that he was a seaman or member of the crew of a submersible drilling barge owned by defendant, Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company, and brings this suit for indemnity under the Jones Act, the maritime law of unseaworthiness and for maintenance and cure as the result of injuries allegedly received by him while the barge, “El Dorado”, was in the process of drilling a well off the coast of Louisiana. Defendant admits the employment of plaintiff, but contends that he was nothing other than a “roughneck” or member of the drilling crew on its oil rig.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Butler v. WhitemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- GRIMES v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE CO. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Mrs. Sam Rotolo v. The Halliburton CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Guidry v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1965
- Mary E. Barger, Cross-Appellant v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Mary E. Barger, Cross-Appellant v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983