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WHISENANT v. BREWSTER-BARTLE OFFSHORE COMPANY

No. 31020.

446 F.2d 394 (1971)

Earline WHISENANT, individually and as tutrix of her minor children, Sheila Dianne Whisenant, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BREWSTER-BARTLE OFFSHORE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. LOOMIS HYDRAULIC TESTING CO., Inc., et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans, La., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Philip E. Henderson, of O'Neal, Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, Houma, La., for appellees.

Before GEWIN, BELL and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1971.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This multiparty maritime suit arose out of an accident which killed an employee of an independent contractor while he was engaged in specialized testing of an oil well drill aboard a submersible drilling barge. In the aftermath the decedent's widow and minor children (heirs) sued the barge owner; the barge owner sued the decedent's employer; and the decedent's compensation insurer...

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