Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Harrison Viger v. Geophysical Services, Inc., Hanover Insurance Company

476 F.2d 1288

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1973-06-12
Topic
general

PER CURIAM: We are not persuaded that in this seaman’s suit for damages, maintenance and cure the district court’s findings of fact are clearly erroneous. Nor do we perceive any error in the legal principles applied by the district court which led to the conclusion of liability on the part *1289 of Continental Insurance Company as insurer of the time charterer Geophysical Services, Inc. We therefore approve and adopt the opinion of the district court, D.C., 338 F.Supp. 808. 1 Affirmed. 1 . We are not called upon to consider the impact of the Oceanographic Research Vessels Law, 46 U.S.C.A. § 441 et seq., because it was neither raised nor considered by the district court.

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VIGER v. GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES, INC.,476 F.2d 1288(5th Cir. 1973)
HARRISON VIGER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES, INC., ET AL.,
DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL.,
DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.
No. 72-3594.
Summary Calendar.fn*
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 19, 1973.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 12, 1973.
Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, La., For defendants-appellants.

W. Garney Griggs, Houston, Tex., for appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; Nauman S. Scott, Judge.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
[1] We are not persuaded that in this seaman's suit for damages, maintenance and cure the district court's findings of fact are clearly erroneous. Nor do we perceive any error in the legal principles applied by the district court which led to the conclusion of liability on the partPage 1289of Continental Insurance Company as insurer of the time charterer Geophysical Services, Inc. We therefore approve and adopt the opinion of the district court, D.C.,338 F. Supp. 808.1

[2] Affirmed.
  1. Rule 18, 5 Cir.;seeIsbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970,431 F.2d 409, Part I. ↩
  2. We are not called upon to consider the impact of the Oceanographic Research Vessels Law, 46 U.S.C.A. § 441 et seq. because it was neither raised nor considered by the district court. ↩