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GUILLORY v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY

No. 29186.

433 F.2d 833 (1970)

Naven Joseph GUILLORY, Plaintiff, v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLACK GOLD MARINE, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, James H. Daigle, New Orleans, La., for defendant, third party-plaintiff-appellant.

B. C. Bennett, Jr., Marksville, La., for plaintiff.

Christopher Tompkins, Charles M. Steen, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for third party defendant-appellee; Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before BELL, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal asserts that the district judge, as trier of fact in this maritime accident case, failed as a matter of law to give proper weight to the completely independent status which admiralty law accords to the master of every vessel in navigation. Further error is asserted in the failure to divide damages under the contract of indemnity in suit. Finding no error in the trial court's determination that the entire fault should be visited on the seaman...

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