Case Name: Phillip FLOYD; Elizabeth Floyd, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESSEX INSURANCE CO.; Marshland Enterprises LLC, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-05-05
Citations: 96 F. App'x 238
Docket Number: No. 03-30704
Parties: Phillip FLOYD; Elizabeth Floyd, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESSEX INSURANCE CO.; Marshland Enterprises LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, JONES and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 96
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
Phillip FLOYD; Elizabeth Floyd, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESSEX INSURANCE CO.; Marshland Enterprises LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 03-30704.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 5, 2004.
Louis John St. Martin, Stephen J. Johnson, St Martin, Mahoney & Associates, Houma, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Robert Collin Evans, Evans & Company, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.
Before REAVLEY, JONES and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the following reasons:
1. The court applied the correct standard of reasonable care for the shipowner. It was not a failure to warn of an open and obvious danger. Nor was it for product liability. Nor was it some different standard applied by state law peculiar to slip and fall cases.
2. The court found that Floyd failed to exercise reasonable care in fishing while standing near an open hole. The court found the shipowner failed to exercise reasonable care in allowing Floyd to fish near the open hole under all the circumstances, including prior experience when other fishermen had stepped into it. The evidence supported the court's finding.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.