TRAVELERS INS. CO. v. PARAMOUNT DRILLING CO.

No. 14414.

395 So.2d 849 (1981)

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PARAMOUNT DRILLING CO., INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Frank M. Walker, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant, Paramount Drilling Co., Inc.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, by Brian E. Crawford, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Defendant, Paramount Drilling Company, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the district court ordering it to pay as contribution one-half of workmen's compensation benefits paid and to be paid by plaintiff, Travelers Insurance Company, insurer of Duggan Machine Company, to the widow of an employee of Duggan who was killed while doing welding work at the location of a well being drilled by Paramount. We affirm.

The trial court found that the welder...

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