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LAW v. SEA DRILLING CORPORATION

No. 30657.

510 F.2d 242 (1975)

Mrs. Joan Francis LAW, personal representative of the Estate of Wesley J. Law, Sr., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEA DRILLING CORPORATION and Continental Oil Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Thomas J. LeBEOUF, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEA DRILLING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. R. Christovich, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Sea Drilling Corp.

Donald V. Organ, Joy S. Miller, New Orleans, La., for Continental Oil Corp. (Conoco).

Kenneth W. Manuel, John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for Joan F. Law.

Philip E. Henderson, Robert L. Morris, Houma, La., for Thomas J. LeBeouf.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

BROWN, Chief Judge:

Wesley Law and Thomas LeBeouf, employees of a service contractor, stood on the ramp running from a seagoing tender vessel to the fixed platform on the Outer Continental Shelf. The ramp — ominously, gruesomely but accurately for this case described as a "widow maker" — broke, precipitating both into the sea with severe injuries to Law which brought about his death within the hour. Precipitated as well were many intricate questions...

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