Legal Opinion
Joseph C. Tucker v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1971No. 30062_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Tucker was injured while welding on an oil drilling barge which was being built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. He was employed by an independent contractor doing work for Kerr-McGee.
The case was tried to a jury. In answer to interrogatories the jury found that Bethlehem was negligent, that its negligence was the proximate cause of Tucker’s injury, that neither Kerr-McGee nor Tucker was negligent, and that Tucker’s damages were $43,000.00.
Bethlehem seeks a reversal on three grounds: (1) there was insufficient evidence to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
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