OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO. v. BERRY BROS. OILFIELD SERVICE, INC.

Nos. 23421, 23422.

377 F.2d 511 (1967)

OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. BERRY BROTHERS OILFIELD SERVICE, INC., Appellee. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY, Appellant, v. BERRY BROTHERS OILFIELD SERVICE, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Matthews, Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans La., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., J. A. O'Conner and Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

John A. Bernard, Lafayette, La., for Berry Brothers Oilfield Service, Inc., Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, La., of counsel.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) challenges the District Court's dismissal of its third-party complaints for indemnity against Berry Brothers Oilfield Service, Inc. (Berry Bros.), a repair contractor, in separate actions instituted against ODECO by two employees of Berry Bros. for injuries sustained in the course of performing repairs on a stationary offshore plaform owned by ODECO. As advanced...

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