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KNIGHT v. KIRBY OFFSHORE MARINE PACIFIC, L.L.C.

No. 19-30756.

983 F.3d 172 (2020)

Andrew Lee KNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIRBY OFFSHORE MARINE PACIFIC, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed December 17, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Fitzgerald Taylor , Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph Dwight LeBlanc, III , Robert Patrick Ray , Kostas Smith , Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Barksdale, Elrod, and Ho, Circuit Judges.

Primarily at issue is whether, as a matter of law, Andrew Lee Knight can be held contributorily negligent for his ankle injury underlying his Jones Act negligence claim against Kirby Offshore Marine Pacific, L.L.C. (Kirby). The district court concluded, inter alia: Kirby was negligent, based on an order...

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