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PARFAIT v. JAHNCKE SERVICE, INC.

No. 72-3316.

484 F.2d 296 (1973)

Wilson J. PARFAIT, Plaintiff, v. JAHNCKE SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Yo-Ro Diesel Service, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Fourth Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, Home Indemnity Company, Third Party Defendant-Appellee, The Travelers Indemnity Company, Fourth Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied October 3 and October 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Peters, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Travelers Indemnity Co.

Walter F. Gemeinhardt, New Orleans, La., Leonard N. Bouzon, New Orleans, La., for Yo-Ro Diesel Service.

Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, La., for Jahncke Service, Inc.

Michael A. Britt, M. N. Grossel-Rossi, New Orleans, La., for Home Indemnity Co.

William J. Daly, S. C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for Wilson J. Parfait.

Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In this multiparty admiralty case we must determine whether the district court properly awarded a shipowner indemnity under the Ryan doctrine for amounts it paid in settlement of a claim against it and whether the district court correctly interpreted two insurance policies.

On October 1, 1967, Wilson Parfait, an employee of Yo-Ro Diesel Service, Inc., was injured while he was aboard a diesel dredge owned and operated by Jahncke...

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