WHITE v. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

No. 74-1667.

512 F.2d 486 (1975)

Albra Christine WHITE, Individually, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORPORATION et al., Defendants. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY and the Bettis Corporation, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. CHARLES WHEATLEY COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Vinson Supply Company, Third-Party Defendant, Home Insurance Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. McNamara, Lafayette, La., for third-party defendant-appellee.

Nicholls Pugh, Jr., Lafayette, La., for defendants-third-party plaintiffs-appellants.

Bob F. Wright, Lafayette, La., for Albra Christine White, and others.

Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Lake Charles, La., for Tex. Eastern Transmiss. Corp. & Fidelity & Cas. Co.

James R. Nieset, Lake Charles, La., for Vinson Supply Co.

Before WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Associate Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 24, 1975.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Murray Granvil White, an employee of the Charles Wheatley Co. (Wheatley), was fatally injured when component parts of a Wheatley Univalve Launch Package1 upon which he was working exploded. The launch package had been sold by Wheatley to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) and was installed on a fixed offshore drilling platform located...

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