Legal Opinion
Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1960No. 17990PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This is another of the now frequent intramural contests involving the ambiguous-amphibious maritime worker. In this diversity suit for damages, the survivors of the deceased employee asserted an alternating succession of claims to which the Employer1 countered with like fluid defenses. The District Judge thought that in this case at least the matter had the simplicity of decision as a pure matter of law, not fact. Accordingly, he directed a verdict for the Employer on the claims for damages. We *45agree with this. We agree as well with its collateral action of…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- The PlymouthSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Jerry Wayne Davis v. Hill Engineering, Inc. And Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Robert Bernard v. Binnings Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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