Legal Opinion
Culver v. Slater Boat Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1981No. 79-3985PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This maritime personal injury case raises several issues, including the use of an inflation factor to compute future loss of earnings, the construction of jury instructions and interrogatories, and the rights to indemnity between actively and passively negligent tortfeasors. The district court’s disposition of the indemnity issue requires a slight modification; in all other respects we affirm the district court.
I. FACTS
Curtis Culver, the husband and father of plaintiffs-appellants, was the foreman of an anchor-pulling crew employed by Gulf Overseas Marine Corporation…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Adam G. Nunez v. The Superior Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Sam H. Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Company, James L. Starnes v. Penrod Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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- Hoskie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
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