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COTTEN v. TWO "R" DRILLING CO., INC.

No. 73-3761.

508 F.2d 669 (1975)

Dezzie Estelle Hinton COTTEN, Plaintiff, v. TWO "R" DRILLING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. JAMES CASING CREWS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Brame, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellants.

Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Three and a half years ago Lonnie Birl Cotten was killed by a falling joint of pipe while working as a member of a crew setting casing in an oil well. He was then an employee of Appellee James Casing Crews, Inc. (James). His death occurred on a submersible drilling barge owned and manned, except for James' casing crew, by Appellant Two "R" Drilling Company, Inc. (Two "R"). The barge was then located on navigable waters in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana...

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