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GUESS v. READ

No. 18466.

290 F.2d 622 (1961)

Billie Charline GUESS, wife of and Administratrix of the Estate of Benjamin Franklin Wiley, Jr., Appellant, v. Geoffrey Stewart READ, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Organ and H. Alva Brumfield, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., and Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and CARSWELL, District Judge.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

Humble Oil & Refining Company was engaged in the exploration for oil and gas at a site in the Gulf of Mexico about nine miles southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana. At this location it had a drilling barge. Benjamin Franklin Wiley, Jr. was an employee of Humble. He lost his life as the result of the crash of a helicopter in the Gulf soon after it left the drilling barge. The location of the barge and the situs of the crash of the helicopter...

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