Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Alonzo Cothron, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1974No. 73-1095PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is the third appeal in this case, brought pursuant to the election provision1 2of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950, against an employer-shipowner who failed to “secure payment of compensation as required.”
The suit, alleging negligence, was brought by the widow in April 1969, for damages for the death, occurring in the navigable waters of Florida, of Norman Lee Weeks, Sr., a nonseaman. The District Court dismissed for want of subject matter jurisdiction. On appeal we reversed,3 holding that the District Court sitting in admiralty had…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Arthur C. Payne, Cross-Appellee v. Panama Canal Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Neal v. Barisich, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
- Brown v. Forest Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Hammill v. Olympic Airways, S.A.District Court, District of Columbia · 1975
- Claim of Gypsum Carrier v. Union Camp Corp.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1979
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