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MOSES v. MARATHON OIL CO.

No. 83-4513.

749 F.2d 262 (1985)

Albert MOSES, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cline, Miller & Richard, Thomas D. Curtis, Rayne, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeansonne, Gibbens, Blackwell & Briney, J. Louis Gibbens, New Iberia, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, TATE, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Albert Moses, Sr., brought this action for personal injuries against Marathon Oil Company as a result of an accident which occurred on an offshore platform on June 10, 1980. Federal jurisdiction is based upon the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and diversity of citizenship between the parties.1

Since the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act mandates that state law be applied to fixed offshore...

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