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ALVESTAD v. MONSANTO CO.

Nos. 80-2157, 81-2015.

671 F.2d 908 (1982)

Mrs. Aage Lasse ALVESTAD, Individually and As Representative of the Estate of Aage Lasse Alvestad and Their Minor Daughter, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Benton Musslewhite, Inc., Benton Musslewhite, Houston, Tex., Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Vinson & Elkins, Steven K. DeWolf, Houston, Tex., for Monsanto Co.

Baker & Botts, Randy J. McClanahan, Houston, Tex., for Monsanto Oil, Dolphin Inter., Inc., S. A.

Before THORNBERRY, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 17, 1982.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Aage Lasse Alvestad, a citizen of Norway, was killed on March 22, 1975, while working as a diver off the semisubmersible oil rig Borgney Dolphin in the North Sea. The Borgney Dolphin was a Norwegian vessel operating under a contract with Monsanto Oil Company of the United Kingdom, Inc. (Monsanto UK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the United States-based Monsanto...

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