COLE v. CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY-ORONITE DIVISION

No. 72-1025.

477 F.2d 361 (1973)

William F. COLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY-ORONITE DIVISION, Defendant-Appellee, MECHANICAL CONTRACTING ENGINEERS, INC., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Kambur, Clark A. Richard, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron Chemical Co.

John V. Baus, New Orleans, La., for Mechanical Contracting Engineers, Inc., and Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 19, 1973.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Two questions are presented on appeal in this Louisiana-based diversity case: (1) whether the work that Mechanical Contracting Engineers, Inc., performed for Chevron at its plant in Belle Chase, Louisiana, was, as a matter of law, part of Chevron's "trade, business, or occupation" for the purposes of establishing coverage under § 6 of the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Statute...

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