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OLSEN v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 75-4019.

595 F.2d 1099 (1979)

Mary OLSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor-Appellant. Christine W. CARVIN, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. TELEDYNE MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, Argonaut Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant. Frank Winston BOOKER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants. Gordon Davis WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor-Appellant. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. P. Rutledge, Lafayette, La., for Olsen, et al.

Joel L. Borrello, New Orleans, La., for Argonaut Ins. Co.

Donald A. Hoffman, New Orleans, La., for Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

John O. Charrier, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Shell Oil Co.

W. K. Christovich, Charles W. Schmidt, III, New Orleans, La., for Teledyne Movible.

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, La., for Wiegand Co. & Thermo-Disc, Inc.

Patrick T. Caffery, W. Eugene Davis, New Iberia, La., for Texsteam Corp.

Before GOLDBERG and FAY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This controversy involves the explosion of an electric water heater situated in the living quarters of a drilling platform owned by Shell Oil Company (Shell). The drilling was being conducted from the platform by Movible Offshore Inc. (Movible) which had entered into a standard drilling contract with Shell. The insurance company for Movible until November, 1969 was Pacific Employers Insurance Company (Pacific), an affiliate of the Insurance Company...

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