Charles D. Gautreaux v. Scurlock Marine, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1997-02-28

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DUHÉ, Circuit Judge: Defendant-Appellant Scurlock Marine, Inc. moves this En Banc Court to consider whether seamen, in Jones Act negligence cases, are bound to a standard of ordinary prudence in the exercise of care for their own safety, or whether they are bound to a lesser duty of slight care. On appeal to a panel of this Court, Scurlock Marine had assigned as error,…

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