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TRAHAN v. CROSBY-LAUGHLIN

No. 71-3195.

460 F.2d 266 (1972)

Allen P. TRAHAN, Plaintiff, v. CROSBY-LAUGHLIN, a Division of American Hoist and Derrick Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Don R. Hinderliter, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleve Bachman, Beaumont, Tex., Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., Tom Normand, Beaumont, Tex., of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Mitchell, Houston, Tex., James W. Mehaffy, Dewey J. Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., James S. Fuller, Port Arthur, Tex., Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for appellee Crosby-Laughlin.

Before DYER, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Judge, and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The instant appeal presents the land-based sequel to Watz v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 431 F.2d 100 (5th Cir., 1970). Here, Trahan, a nominal party on this appeal, recovered damages against both Crosby-Laughlin and Hinderliter, Inc. Crosby-Laughlin and Hinderliter manufactured and assembled, respectively, a hook and ball component which fouled and permitted a personnel basket in which plaintiff was standing to fall approximately...

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