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OLIVER v. AMINOIL, USA, INC.

No. 81-3036 Summary Calendar.

662 F.2d 349 (1981)

John Buehler OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMINOIL, USA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh G. Oliver, Westwego, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Emile L. Turner, Jr., Thomas M. Young, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, REAVLEY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On April 6, 1978, Plaintiff-Appellant John Buehler Oliver fell seventy feet into the Gulf of Mexico, from a fixed oil drilling platform (the "platform"), suffering fractures to his pelvis and right fibula, a sprained neck and back, and other injuries. Oliver sued Aminoil USA, Inc. ("Aminoil"), the owner of the platform, for his damages occasioned by the fall, relying on La.Civ.Code Ann. art. 2322 (West 1979). Finding no factual basis for liability under...

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