United States Fifth Circuit

In an admiralty case brought under the Jones Act and general maritime law to recover damages for personal injuries suffered while plaintiff was working aboard defendant-employer's vessel, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where plaintiff failed to put forth any evidence to satisfy the threshold elements of his Jones Act and unseaworthiness claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2007
• Published 07/17/2007

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert C. Martell, Martell & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon Wesley Wise, Fowler, Rodriquez & Chalos, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.