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BERRY v. SLADCO, INC.

No. 73-3023.

495 F.2d 523 (1974)

William H. BERRY, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. SLADCO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees. CONTINENTAL OIL CO., INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIAMOND M. DRILLING COMPANY, Third Party Defendant, Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for Berry.

Frank C. Allen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Continental Oil & Travelers Ins. Co.

Sam A. Le Blanc, III, New Orleans, La., for Diamond Drilling.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

I

William H. Berry commenced this personal injury action against Sladco, Inc. (Sladco) pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq. (1970) (Lands Act), for compensatory damages he claims to have sustained as a result of the alleged defective condition of the hydraulic casing tongs owned and furnished by Sladco pursuant to a lease for the purpose of casing a drill hole on an offshore platform in the...

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