Legal Opinion
Dore v. Link Belt Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1968No. 24370PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
The issue with which we are concerned is whether the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq.,1 is the exclu*672sive remedy of claimants in an action growing out of the death of an oil field worker which occurred on a stationary offshore drilling platform on the outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico beyond a marine league from the Louisiana shore. Plaintiffs, who are the surviving wife and children of the deceased worker, contend that the Act, which provides for recovery only for the pecuniary loss sustained, should be supplemented by Louisiana…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Just v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Gaines Ted Huson v. Chevron Oil Company v. Otis Engineering Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Tallentire v. Offshore Logistics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Demette v. Falcon Drilling Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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