Johnson v. Cenac Towing, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• surveying the application of the causality requirement in the Fifth Circuit
• surveying the application of the causality requirement in the Fifth Circuit
• surveying the application of the causality requirement in the Fifth Circuit
• “the McCorpen defense will succeed if the defendant can prove that the old injury and the new injury affected the same body part”
• “a successful McCorpen defendant need not submit any proof that the plaintiffs omission cause the injury. Rather, the McCorpen defense will succeed if the defendant can prove that the old injury and the new injury affected the same body part”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McLaughlin v. BNSF Railway Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-06-07· cited 203×
• Ricky Koch v. Tote, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-05-12· cited 15×
• Hare v. Graham Gulf, Inc.
  E.D. Louisiana· 2014-05-27· cited 13×
• Wimberly v. Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC
  E.D. Louisiana· 2015-08-27· cited 5×

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• The Osceola
  Supreme Court· 1903-03-02· cited 885×
• Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1938-03-28· cited 497×
• Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ
  Supreme Court· 1943-04-19· cited 492×
• Farrell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-04-04· cited 403×
• Charles D. Gautreaux v. Scurlock Marine, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-28· cited 374×
• Harden v. Gordon
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine· 1823-10-15· cited 176×
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-10· cited 174×
• David McCorpen v. Central Gulf Steamship Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-10-14· cited 147×
• Warren v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1951-02-26· cited 138×
• Jon Anthony Jauch, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Nautical Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-11-09· cited 117×
• Brown v. Parker Drilling Offshore Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-01-07· cited 110×
• Wise v. JE Merit Constructors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1998-01-21· cited 101×
• Johnson v. Cenac Towing, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-09-24· cited 91×
• William O. Chisholm v. Sabine Towing & Transportation Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-24· cited 81×
• Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-03-27· cited 75×
• Thomas Gavagan v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-03-23· cited 63×
• Michael Savoie, Cross-Appellant v. Otto Candies, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-29· cited 56×
• Francis A. Deisler v. McCormack Aggregates, Co. Dredge \Sandy Hook\, Her Boilers, Engines, Tackle, Appurtenances, Etc.
  Third Circuit· 1995-05-03· cited 56×
• Lindquist v. Dilkes
  Third Circuit· 1942-03-12· cited 47×
• Still v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1961-11-13· cited 42×