Luneau v. Penrod Drilling Co.

Decision Date03 November 1983
Citation720 F.2d 675
Parties* Luneau v. Penrod Drilling Co. 82-3575
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
*

E.D.La.

AFFIRMED

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  • Cella v. US
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Northern District of Indiana
    • 12 Febrero 1992
    ...Rogers v. Eagle Offshore Drilling Services, Inc., 764 F.2d 300, 304 (5th Cir.1985), cited it's earlier unpublished Luneau v. Penrod Drilling Co., 720 F.2d 675 (5th Cir.1983), opinion which recognized an unsafe method of work may render a vessel unseaworthy, but added, "the mere existence of......
  • Rogers v. Eagle Offshore Drilling Services, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 27 Junio 1985
    ...between seaworthiness and negligence. 400 U.S. at 500, 91 S.Ct. at 518. In a case factually similar to Rogers', Luneau v. Penrod Drilling Co., 720 F.2d 675 (5th Cir.1983), we were faced with the question of whether an unsafe method of work could render a vessel unseaworthy. There, Luneau, a......
  • Miller v. Ocean Marine Operators, LLC
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Louisiana
    • 22 Agosto 2012
    ...a vessel unseaworthy." Rogers v. Eagle Offshore Drilling Servs., Inc., 764 F.2d 300, 303 (5th Cir. 1985) (quoting Luneau v. Penrod Drilling Co., 720 F.2d 675 (5th Cir. 1983)). The "standard for establishing causation for an unseaworthiness claim is demanding" because "it requires showing (1......

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