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MYERS v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 82-2541.

731 F.2d 281 (1984)

John R. MYERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provost, Umphrey, McPherson & Swearingen, M. Diane Dwight, Port Arthur, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Carolyn J. McKinney, Houston, Tex., Wm. G. Duck, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

We deal today not with substance but with form. On appeal is a two-sentence order dismissing an employee's claim for sickness and accident benefits assertedly due him from his employer. Because the enigmatic form of this decision by the District Court prevents us from discerning — and thus reaching — its underlying substance, we vacate the order and remand for an explanation of the dismissal. Nevertheless, the case teaches...

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