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AYMOND v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 75-2931.

554 F.2d 206 (1977)

Morris AYMOND, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellants.

Darrell J. Hartman, Kaplan, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Harvey L. Strayhan, New Orleans, La., for Bethlehem.

James E. Diaz, Lafayette, La., for Seaboard & Highlands.

William M. Nolen, William B. Swift, Lake Charles, La., for Jones & Laughlin.

Before AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 17, 1977.

HUGHES, District Judge:

While working on a drilling crew on a fixed platform off the Louisiana coast, Morris Aymond was injured when a steel cable, called a snub line, snapped, allowing metal tongs which it anchored to swing into and damage his knee.

Aymond, an employee of Falcon Seaboard Drilling Company, instituted a negligence action against Texaco, Inc., on whose platform he was working at...

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