HOBBS v. TELEDYNE MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 79-3956 Summary Calendar.

632 F.2d 1238 (1980)

William Henry HOBBS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TELEDYNE MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC. and Argonaut Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. CHEVRON OIL CO., INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellee, v. COASTAL MARINE et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees, v. OIL WELL DRILLING CONTROL, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Siegrist, Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, La., for defendants-appellants-cross appellees.

David S. Cook, Lafayette, La., for Oil Well Drilling Control, Inc.

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, John A. Bolles, New Orleans, La., for Coastal Marine, Inc. & Proprietors Ins.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 19, 1981.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Before the court are indemnity claims arising out of a personal injury suit.

Henry Hobbs was injured in an offshore accident while working for Oil Well Drilling Control, Inc., an independent contractor, on a rig owned by Teledyne Movible Offshore, Inc., which was on a platform owned by Chevron Oil Co., Inc. The accident occurred as Hobbs was being transferred by a Teledyne...

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