TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 71-1691.

468 F.2d 985 (1972)

In re TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY, Petitioning for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Mrs. Betty Lee Brookshire Tyner, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Defendant, H. B. "Buster" Hughes Co., Inc. and Employers' Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. King, Herschel E. Richard, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Monte J. Ducote, Thomas B. Wheeler, New Orleans, La., for Hughes.

Eldon E. Fallon, New Orleans, La., for Savoie.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Hughes is in the business of performing construction and maintenance work for oil companies by contract and supplying labor to oil companies.1 It entered into what is called a "Continuous Service Contract" with Tidewater, under which Hughes agreed "to furnish labor, transportation, tools and equipment for the performance of maintenance work on Tidewater Oil Company facilities as follows . . ." Attached were schedules...

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