Legal Opinion
In Re Ocean Ranger Sinking Off Newfoundland on February 15, 1982
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 5, 1984No. MDL Docket 508PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REASONS
ROBERT F. COLLINS, District Judge.
These consolidated actions arise from the sinking of the OCEAN RANGER on February 15, 1982, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The entire 84-man crew was lost and presumed dead. At the time of its commissioning in 1976, the OCEAN RANGER was the largest semisubmersible drilling rig in the world, one that was designed, constructed, and thereafter utilized to drill offshore oil wells.
The claimants in these consolidated actions are primarily the survivors, dependents, and representatives of the lost crew. The actions are brought under the Jones Act, 46…
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