PRESLEY v. CARRIBEAN SEAL

Civ. A. No. G-81-56.

537 F.Supp. 956 (1982)

James R. PRESLEY, Plaintiff, v. The vessel CARRIBEAN SEAL, etc., in rem, and Caribe Company, Seal Fleet, Inc., Geophysical Service, Inc., and Sealcraft Operators, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

April 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Edwards, Edwards & Perry, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff.

Eugene J. Silva, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, James R. Presley, commenced this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law against his employer, Geophysical Service, Inc., the M/V CARRIBEAN SEAL, and her owners, Caribe Company and Sealcraft Operators, Inc., for injuries allegedly sustained in the course and scope of his employment on board the vessel. Geophysical Service, Inc., has moved for summary judgment...

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