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Fifth Circuit· 10/2/2001

Roberts v. Cardinal Services, Inc.

Citations

  • 266 F.3d 368
  • 2002 A.M.C. 83
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 21256
  • 2001 WL 1082538

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  • holding that a conjunctive test requires a showing on all elements of the test
  • discussing that a plugging and abandonment worker injured by a perforation gun attached to a wireline was not a seaman
  • holding that although plaintiff came “quite 14 While CTS responds that their records do take these items into account and that its records are accurate and complete (Doc. 24 at 2), there remains a genuine issue of material fact. close (27.7 percent
  • explaining that “when a group of vessels is at issue, a worker who aspires to seaman status must show that at least 30 percent of his time was spent on vessels, every one of which was under his defendant-employer’s common ownership or control.”
  • requiring plugging-and-abandoning offshore oil platform crewman to show substantial temporal connection
  • court must view all facts and evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party

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Judges: Jolly, Smith, Wiener

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