Legal Opinion
The Texas Company v. Mrs. Josie Kate Gianfala, Widow of Oscar J. Martin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1955No. 15404PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Appellee, plaintiff below, the widow and administratrix of Oscar Martin, deceased, in life an employee of appellant, defendant below, sued as a first cause of action under the Jones Act, Section 688, 46 U.S.C.A., for the damages resulting from his death, and, in the alternative, and as a second cause of action, for workmen’s compensation under the provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, 23:1021 et seq.
The claim under the Jones Act was that, while a seaman and a member of the crew on Barge No. 76 and engaged in unloading drilling tubing by means of a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Desper v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- McKie v. Diamond Marine Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Gahagan Const. Corporation v. ArmaoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- Antus v. Interocean S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Jethro Barrett v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., E.B.B. Co., Inc. And Lift Barge, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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