Gabriel Vincent v. Harvey Well Service

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Although probably not so undisclosed as Cardozo envisaged, 1 this case presents at least a new wrinkle, Mike Hooks, Inc. v. Pena, 5 Cir., 1963, 313 F.2d 696, 1963 A.M.C. 355, on the meaning of “the course of his employment” in the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. 2 More specifically, the question is whether a Robison 3 amphibious-drilling-rig-seaman may recover against his employer for injuries he received while riding as a passenger in an automobile furnished by the employer and driven by a fellow employee who is paid for that work in order to transport off-duty…