HATFIELD v. BROWN & ROOT, INC.

No. 964.

245 F.Supp. 733 (1965)

Lynord Lee HATFIELD, Libellant, v. BROWN & ROOT, INC., etc., Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

September 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Sadler, Sadler & Sadler, Port Arthur, Tex., for libellant.

George Duncan, Wells, Duncan & Beard, Beaumont, Tex., for respondent.


FISHER, District Judge.

Libellant, Lynord Lee Hatfield, brought this libel in personam against his employer, Brown & Root, Inc., under the admiralty jurisdiction of the Court for maintenance, cure and damages under Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 (Jones Act). The alleged accident occurred on November 28, 1963, in the vicinity of Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, State of Alabama, where the Respondent was engaged in dredging operations. Libellant contends that he was injured...

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