Mrs. Linda Harper HOLDEN, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of The Estates of her minor children, Melvin Scott Holden, Sandra Kay Holden and Blake Alan Holden et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
PLACID OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 3, 1979.
July 3, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Haydn S. Berey, Livingston, La., Adams & Reese, Thomas J. Wyllie, New Orleans, La., for National Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, Pa., intervenor.
Martzell & Montero, New Orleans, La., Seale, Sledge & Ross, Hammond, La., for plaintiffs.
Paul H. Dué, Baton Rouge, La., for Nat. Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, Pa., intervenor; and for plaintiff Mrs. Linda Harper Holden.
John W. deGravelles, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff Mrs. Linda Harper Holden.
Charles W. Dittmer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Mrs. Robert Jackson.
Stephen C. Sledge, Hammond, La., for plaintiff Mildred M. Turnbull.
Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., Dean A. Sutherland, Hebert, Abbott & Horack, New Orleans, La., and Armand A. Gutierrez, Dallas, Tex., for defendants Placid Oil Co. and Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.
Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, La., for defendant Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co.
H. Lee Leonard, James Lambert, Lafayette, La., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line and Harbor Ins. Co.
Patrick T. Caffery, Caffery, Duhe, Oubre & Gibbens, John M. Duhe, Jr., John Blackwell, New Iberia, La., for defendant Gulf Coast and Supply Co.
Charles E. Leche, Normann & Normann, New Orleans, La., for third party T. K. Valve & Mfg., Inc. and Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.
United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.
CASSIBRY, District Judge:
Since 1953, one of the foremost commentators on workmen's compensation has maintained that "[p]erhaps the most evenly-balanced controversy in all of compensation law is the question whether a third party in an action by the employee can get contribution or indemnity from the employer, when the employer's negligence has caused or contributed to the injury." Larson, Workmen's Compensation Law § 76.10, at 14-287 (1974). The instant case...
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