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RICHENDOLLAR v. DIAMOND M DRILLING CO., INC.

No. 84-2492.

819 F.2d 124 (1987)

Curtis Michael RICHENDOLLAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant v. DIAMOND M DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee and Baker Shipyards, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Weigand, Wiegand & Meyer, Houma, La., Bradford M. Condit, White, Huseman, Pletcher & Powers, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Diamond M Drilling Co., Inc.

Michael J. Samanie, Houma, La., for Richendollar.

Richard A. Schwartz, Thelem, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Houston, Tex., for Baker Shipyards, Inc. and Baker Marine.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, HILL and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This case occasions our reconsideration en banc of certain of our precedents involving the determination of maritime jurisdiction, and the requisites for a maritime tort action under 33 U.S.C. § 905(b). We reiterate today that when it enacted § 905(b), Congress did not create a new or broader cause of action in admiralty than that which previously existed, but rather, it curtailed available third party tort actions, and in doing so...

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