BERGERON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 79-1261, 80-0333, 79-1276, 80-0451, 79-1296, 79-1299, 79-1303 and 79-1552.

495 F.Supp. 222 (1980)

Bradley BERGERON v. UNITED STATES of America et al. Barbara Clostio SIMON, etc., et al. v. UNITED STATES of America et al. PELICAN WELL SERVICE v. PARSONS-GILBANE et al. RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES of America. UNITED STATES of America v. LOUIS RECORDS & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al. HACKBERRY SHRIMP SHOP, INC. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.

August 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Caffery, David R. Dugas, Caffery, Oubre, Gibbens & Blackwell, New Iberia, La., for plaintiff Bergeron.

Charles R. Sonnier, Cooper, Sonnier, Ortego, Hebert & Woodruff, Abbeville, La., for plaintiff Simon.

Frances O. Allen, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Joseph DiStefano, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Energy, James P. Klapps, Dorothea Beane, A. Burton Lee, Civil Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Gerald Gaudet, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, La., for Benton Casing Service.

Tim McNamara, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, La., for Cactus Drilli.

Robert Clements, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for La. Mud. Co.

Bernard McLaughlin, Jr., Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for State Farm.

Dermot S. McGlinchey, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz & Hoffman, New Orleans, La., for Parsons-Gilbane.

Edmund E. Woodley, Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams & Fenet, Lake Charles, La., for Tam International, Inc.

Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Emmett Sole, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for B. J. Hughes.

Reid K. Hebert and Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Plauche, Smith, Hebert & Nieset, Lake Charles, La., for General Motors Corp.

Victor Koock, New Orleans, La., for International Hammer Services & Tidewater International.

Meredith T. Holt, Lake Charles, La., Michael G. Terry, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Interstate Engineering Co.

Dennis J. Vidrine, Lafayette, La., for Louis Records and Associates, Inc.

Raymond Morgan Allen and Randall K. Theunissen, Lafayette, La., for Patterson Services, Inc. d/b/a International Hammer.

J. B. Jones, Jr., Jones, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, La., Prentiss E. Cox, Houma, La., James H. Daigle, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Pelican Well Service.

Jerry G. Jones, Jones, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, La., for Hackberry Shrimp Shop.

Joseph A. Brame, Lake Charles, La., for Commercial Union Ins. intervenor in Bergeron suits.

R. K. Christovich and A. R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for Ranger Ins. Co.


RULING ON MOTION

PUTNAM, Senior District Judge.

Barbara Clostio Simon, individually and as tutrix of her minor children and also in her capacity as personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Clarence J. Simon, plaintiff in Suit No. 79-1276 (80-0451), and Bradley Bergeron, plaintiff in Suit No. 79-1261 (80-0333), sue the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§...

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