LANASSE v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 31130 Summary Calendar.

450 F.2d 580 (1971)

Porphire LANASSE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees. The CALIFORNIA COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, EXCESS-SURPLUS LINES, INC., and/or Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron Oil Co., The California Co. Div.; McLoughlin, Barranger, Provosty & Melancon, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Kenneth W. Manuel, George A. Frilot, E. Jack Green, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for Royal Ins. Co., Excess-Surplus Lines, Inc., Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Minor Cheramie and Cheramie Bo-Truc No. 5, Inc.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 12, 1972.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is another one of those seagoing donnybrooks in which all generously claim that someone else must bear the burden of amounts paid to a seaman for injuries sustained during a typical offshore drilling operation in Louisiana shelf waters. Aside from the usual complexities arising from impleaders, crossclaims, direct actions against underwriters and demands for indemnity...

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