SAVOIE, ADMINISTRATRIX,

v.

TEXAS COMPANY

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Offshore Co. & The Fid. & Cas. Co. of N.Y. v. Johnie M. Robison, 266 F.2d 769 (5th Cir. 1959)
  …ured person is a seaman and member of a crew of a vessel under the Jones Act. They contend that this is such a case and rely on Texas Company v. Savoie, 5 Cir., 1957, 240 F. 2d 674, 675, rehearing denied 5 Cir., 242 F. 2d 667, 668, certiorari denied 355 U.S. 840, 78 S.Ct. 49, 2 L.Ed.2d 51. In the Savoie case the decedent, Guidry, was killed while working on a fixed platform in a navigable lake. Guidry, a roustabout, was carried from well-platform to well-platform aboard a lugger, the “Mary Virginia”. He wa…
• Producers Drilling Co. & Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gray, 361 F.2d 432 (5th Cir. 1966)
  …Massman Constr. Co., 4th Cir. 1952, 199 F. 2d 715; Wilkes v. Mississippi R. Sand & Gravel Co., 4th Cir. 1953, 202 F. 2d 383, cert. denied, 346 U.S. 817, 74 S.Ct. 29, 98 L.Ed. 344. In Texas Co. v. Savoie, 5th Cir. 1957, 240 F. 2d 674, cert. denied, 355 U.S. 840, 78 S.Ct. 49, 2 L.Ed.2d 51, this Court considered the status of one who was injured while working on a permanently fixed well platform located in a lake. The jury found that the decedent was a member of the crew of the boat which taxied him to the p…

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• Loffland Bros. Co. v. Roberts, 386 F.2d 540 (5th Cir. 1967)
  …ore platform involved in this case was stipulated not to be a vessel, and Roberts was consequently not a seaman. Dronet v. Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co., 367 F. 2d 150 (5 Cir. 1960); Texas Co. v. Savoie, 240 F. 2d 674 (5 Cir.), cert. denied, 355 U.S. 840, 78 S.Ct. 49, 2 L.Ed.2d 51 (1957). Thus, the doctrine of seaworthiness has no application to this case, and Roberts could only recover on the basis of the negligence of those engaged on the platform. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., supra. Since L…