NEWKIRK v. KEYES OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 85-3158.

782 F.2d 499 (1986)

Ronald N. NEWKIRK, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. KEYES OFFSHORE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Keyes Offshore, Inc., and Aminoil, Inc., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Burnett, John F. Frederickson, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

George M. Gilly, Winston Edward Rice, New Orleans, La., for Gibb.

George J. Nalley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Intern. Mooring and Marine.

George E. Jurgens, III, Andrew Podolnick, New Orleans, La., for Aminoil USA Inc. and Keyes Offshore.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY, Circuit Judges, and MITCHELL, District Judge.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Newkirk appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants based on section 33(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act (LHWCA), which allowed him only six months from the date of his settlement with his employer to institute this suit against third parties causing his injuries.1 Because we find that no genuine issue of material fact prevented the district court from granting...

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