Smith v. Service Contracting, Inc.

AINSWORTH, District Judge:

Respondent has moved for summary judgment against a seaman’s libel for damages for physical injuries under the Jones Act and general maritime law. Libelant has accepted and received payments for the same accident under a compensation award made by the Deputy Commissioner for the Seventh Compensation District under the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which incorporates the remedies of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act for workers who are injured while employed on the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. 1 Respondent’s grounds…