William Ernest DICKERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants,
v.
CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, and
Charles N. Duddleston, d/b/a Duddleston Welding Company, Defendant-Appellee,
HOUMA WELL SERVICE, INC. and Crown Petroleum Corporation, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 28, 1971.
Rehearings Granted In Part December 1, 1971, January 13, 1972.
Rehearing Denied February 9, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Lake Charles, La., Breard Snellings, New Orleans, La., for Continental Oil Co.; Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.
Samuel C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., Leonard Fuhrer, Alexandria, La., Bob F. Wright, Lafayette, La., Louisiana Trial Lawyers Assn., amicus curiae.
Wm. B. Baggett, Lake Charles, La., for William Ernest Dickerson; Baggett, Hawsey & McClain, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.
Gilbert L. Dozier, Baton Rouge, La., for Doyle.
John R. Martzell, Martzell & Montero, New Orleans, La., for Ruth Clark and Houma Well Service, Inc.
Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., for D. Clark.
Young & Burson, Eunice, La., for Guillory.
Frank M. Brame, Lake Charles, La., for Lula Mae Taylor; Brame, Stewart & Bergstedt, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.
Henry L. Yelverton, Lake Charles, La., for Dunham.
Jones & Jones, Cameron, La., for Charles and Virginia Duddleston; J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, La., of counsel.
Daniel J. McGee, Mamou, La., for Monk.
Beeson & Beggs, Vidor, Tex., Payton R. Covington, Lake Charles, La., for Bishop.
John B. Scofield, Thomas M. Bergstedt, Scofield & Bergstedt, Lake Charles, La., for Ins. Co. of North America.
John G. Torian, II, J. J. Davidson, Jr., Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, V. Farley Sonnier, Lafayette, La., for Charles N. Duddleston d/b/a Duddleston Welding Co.
Edgar F. Barnett, R. W. Farrar, Jr., for Houma Well Service, Inc. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.; Hall, Raggio, Farrar & Barnett, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.
Edward S. Bagley, Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for Crown Petroleum Corp.
Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal, accurately described by the trial court as "a multiple donnybrook" in which theories of initial, contingent and secondary liabilities abound, arose out of an explosion and fire which occurred on February 3, 1967 on an offshore stationary (fixed) drilling platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Outer Continental Shelf. Multiple suits for damages for wrongful deaths, personal injuries and property damage growing out of the...
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