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CARTER v. TAYLOR DIVING & SALVAGE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 71-161.

341 F.Supp. 628 (1972)

Linwood Hugh CARTER, Plaintiff, v. TAYLOR DIVING & SALVAGE COMPANY and Brown & Root, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

March 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Tschirn, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Lawrence J. Ernst, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

A doctor who suffered a heart attack as a result of his exertions in saving the life of a mutilated diver invokes the Good Samaritan doctrine. The question presented is whether the doctrine extends to injuries sustained only indirectly from the perilous situation by a professional who was compensated for attempting the rescue.

Boone, a deep-sea diver, was injured in part due to the negligence of his employer, Taylor Diving,...

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