NIVENS v. SIGNAL OIL & GAS CO., INC.

No. 74-2206.

520 F.2d 1019 (1975)

Albert L. NIVENS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SIGNAL OIL & GAS CO., INC., Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, LOUISIANA OFFSHORE CATERERS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey H. Longenecker, William A. Porteous, III, James J. Morse, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., for Alfred Nivens.

Fred E. Salley, Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., for La. Offshore Caterers.

Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Associate Judge, and GEE, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 28, 1975. See 523 F.2d 1382.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

On July 10, 1971, appellee Albert Nivens was working as a cook aboard the stationary platform of appellant Signal Oil & Gas Company on the continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. He was employed by third party-appellee Louisiana Offshore Caterers, Inc. Cabinet doors located in the galley above where Nivens was working...

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