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STANLEY v. GUY SCROGGINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

No. 18463.

297 F.2d 374 (1961)

Eddie STANLEY, Appellant, v. GUY SCROGGINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Smith, Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

A. L. Plauche, Plauche & Plauche, Lake Charles, La., for Guy Scroggins General Oil Field Contracting, Inc.

Before CAMERON, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

We plunge again into muddy waters: the legal complexities raised when a construction worker injured in offshore operations seeks recovery under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, as a "seaman".1

Eddie Stanley sued his employer, the Guy Scroggins Construction Company, under the Jones Act for injuries suffered when a large wave threw him against an offshore oil drilling platform while he was preparing to...

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