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DRONET v. READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING CO.

No. 22798.

367 F.2d 150 (1966)

Paul E. DRONET, Appellant, v. READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING CO. and Gulf Oil Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. M. Nichols, Lake Charles, La., Ben N. Ramey, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

R. Gordon Gooch, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before WISDOM, BELL and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, an employee of an independent contractor, Lamb Rental Tool Corporation, sued Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company and gulf Oil Corporation for damages growing out of physical injuries sustained on a drilling platform, owned by Gulf, situated in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. Reading & Bates was drilling a well under contract with Gulf. Lamb Rental Tool was an independent...

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