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HUGHES v. SANTA FE INTERN. CORP.

No. 87-2924.

847 F.2d 239 (1988)

Douglas HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Goller, Shelton & Goller, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hubert Oxford, III, Mary Ellen Blade, Beckenstein, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, Tex., for Brown & Root.

W. Robbins Brice, Houston, Tex., for Santa Fe. Intern. Corp.

Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Douglas Hughes was injured on a barge previously owned by Santa Fe International Corporation ("Santa Fe") and brought this action asserting claims based on negligence and strict liability. The district court granted Santa Fe's motion for summary judgment, holding that, on collateral estoppel grounds, Hughes' claims, based on the defective condition of the barge, were precluded by a jury's failure to find that the barge was unseaworthy in a...

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