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THARP v. TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY

No. 73-370-D.

367 F.Supp. 521 (1973)

Mrs. Joyce N. THARP, personal representative of James Allen Tharp, and personal representative of the Estate of James Allen Tharp, Individually and on behalf of her minor daughter, Plaintiff, v. TRANSWORLD DRILLING COMPANY, and Transworld Drilling Company, Limited, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Oklahoma, Civil Division.

August 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., David E. Caruso, Jr., New Orleans, La., John W. Norman, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff.

Ralph E. Smith, New Orleans, La., Francis S. Irvine, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants.

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.

This case arises from the accidental death of an employee on a submersible drilling rig operated by one or both Defendants. It is an action under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688) and under the general maritime law brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Upon motion by the Defendant Transworld Drilling Company, (the only Defendant before...

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