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CHAMPAGNE v. CHEVRON U. S. A., INC.

No. 79-1017. Summary Calendar.

605 F.2d 934 (1979)

Wayne J. CHAMPAGNE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHEVRON U. S. A., INC. (formerly Chevron Oil Co.), Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HERB'S WELDING, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees, and North-West Inc. Co., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for defendant third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Gothard J. Reck, Glen G. Magnuson, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Wayne J. Champagne.

Adams & Reese, George V. Baus, New Orleans, La., for third-party defendants-appellees.

Wiedemann & Fransen, Raul R. Bencomo, New Orleans, La., for Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co., Inc.

Roger J. Larue, Jr., Metairie, La., for intervenor.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On February 10, 1975, Wayne J. Champagne was injured while working on a fixed offshore drilling platform owned by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Chevron) and located along the Louisiana gulf coast. Champagne was an employee of Herb's Welding, Inc., which had been hired by Chevron to do some welding on the platform. It was Champagne's job to man a fire hose near the spot where the welding was taking place and to put out any fire that might start. The...

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