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PITTS v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

No. 71-2652.

463 F.2d 331 (1972)

Hilburn PITTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Intervenor, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Chesley Pruet Drilling Company, Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanford Young, Waynesboro, Miss., for appellant.

William S. Mullins, III, Laurel, Miss., for U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Joe H. Daniel, Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Jackson, Miss., for Shell Oil Co.

Matthew Harper, Jr., Laurel, Miss., for Chesley Pruet Drilling Co.

Before RIVES, COLEMAN and DYER, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

On July 21, 1969, Hilburn Pitts was apparently injured while performing his job as a roughneck. For some 15 years Pitts had been in the employ of Chesley Pruet Drilling Company. At the time of the accident, Pruet was engaged in drilling an oil well for Shell Oil Company.

In his complaint against Shell, filed as a diversity action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Pitts alleged that while working...

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