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DRESSER INDUSTRIES v. FIDELITY & CAS. CO. OF N.Y.

No. 78-1526 Summary Calendar.

580 F.2d 806 (1978)

DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Brown, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Joseph Newton, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, CLARK and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On November 14, 1974, the Magcobar Meteor, a diesel supply vessel owned by appellee Dresser Industries, collided with the Ranger I, a self-elevating offshore drilling unit. Although the Ranger I was capable of navigation, at the time of the collision, the drilling platform of the Ranger I was jacked up to a position forty feet above the surface of the ocean and was resting on supports embedded in the ocean floor. As a result...

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