BROWN v. LINK BELT DIVISION OF FMC CORP.

No. 80-3362.

666 F.2d 110 (1982)

Jimmy Dale BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINK BELT DIVISION OF FMC CORP., Defendant-Appellee. GRAHAM BOATS, INC., and Crew Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants, v. RESERVE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO., and Shell Oil Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hanemann, Houma, La., for Travelers Ins. Co.

Benjamin W. Yancey, Rufus C. Harris, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Shell Oil Co.

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., & Eugene A. Booth, Baton Rouge, La., for Brown.

Leonard N. Bouzon, New Orleans, La., for Crew Services, Inc. & Graham Boats, Inc.

John J. Weigel, Madeleine Ficher, New Orleans, La., for Link Belt Division of FMC Corp.

Corinne Ann Morrison, New Orleans, La., for Reserve Insurance Company.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

The actions of the district court in this multi-party, multi-claim action have produced seven appeals. Jimmy Dale Brown appeals the district court's dismissal of his claims against the Link-Belt Division of FMC Corporation for manufacturing a defective crane. Shell Oil Company, the bareboat charterer of the M/V APACHE on which Brown was injured by the allegedly defective crane, and Shell's insurance company...

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