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· 6/15/1879

Succession of Dinkgrave

Citations

  • 31 La. 703

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  • stating that under the Jones Act, “[a] seaman need only prove slight negligence by his employer . . . [and that] the test for causation . . . is not the strict measure of proximate cause but a more lenient measure of legal cause”

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Judges: White

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