COULTER v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 82-3734 Summary Calendar.

714 F.2d 467 (1983)

Curtis COULTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXACO, INC. and Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz & Cellini, John E. Galloway, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Carimi Law Firm, Terry A. Bell, Darryl J. Carimi, Gretna, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On January 10, 1980, Curtis Coulter suffered a severe knee injury while employed as a roustabout by Texaco, Inc., in its Lafitte Field, a water-surrounded oil field located in the marshland of Southern Louisiana. Coulter instituted this action against Texaco under the Jones Act and general maritime law and, thereafter, moved the district court for a summary judgment on the issue of Coulter's seaman status. Although Coulter's original motion for summary...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases