LEGER v. DRILLING WELL CONTROL, INC.

No. 77-1310.

592 F.2d 1246 (1979)

Raymond LEGER, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. DRILLING WELL CONTROL, INC. et al., Defendants, Dresser Offshore Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gerard, Jr., Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellant, Dresser Offshore Services, Inc.

Bob F. Wright, Lafayette, La., Richard Putnam, Jr., Abbeville, La., for Raymond Leger.

John G. Torian, II, Lafayette, La., for Drilling Well Control Inc. et al.

Before GEWIN, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee, Raymond Leger, was injured while working aboard a barge owned by appellant Dresser Offshore Services, Inc. ["Dresser"]. At the time of the accident, Leger was employed by Drilling Well Control, Inc. ["DWC"], a service company which specialized in the control of high pressure oil wells. Dresser was using the barge in a workover operation on an offshore oil well owned by Continental Oil Company ["Continental"]. DWC was called to the well...

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